Victory for the Andean chameleon.

The article focuses on former Peruvian army lieutenant-colonel Ollanta Humala who defeated Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, in Peru's 2011 Presidential election runoff. It states that uncertainty over Humala's economic policy plans resulted in the Lima stock market index to drop 12.5 percent on June 6, 2011. It comments on some of his political promises, including expanding a conditional cash-transfer program aimed to assist poor Peruvians and expanding child care.