STORY: Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Lima on Saturday (May 30) night to protest against right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, just eight days before Peru's June 7 runoff election.

The march, convened by a coalition of civic groups, student organizations, labor unions, and human rights activists, drew crowds chanting "Keiko won't make it" and carrying banners with slogans including "Keiko is chaos."

Relatives of victims of political violence from the 1980s and 1990s also joined the Saturday demonstration.

Keiko Fujimori, the eldest daughter of the late former president Alberto Fujimori, carries the weight of her family name — her father served 16 years in prison for human rights abuses.

She will seek the Peruvian presidency in a runoff for the fourth time, facing the challenge of overcoming the deep polarization that her family name generates.

Keiko Fujimori currently leads voter intentions ahead of the runoff. According to an Ipsos Peru poll conducted May 16-17 and published in local newspaper Peru 21, Fujimori is projected to secure 39% of the vote against 35% for leftist rival Roberto Sanchez.

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SHOWS: LIMA, PERU (MAY 30, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. PEOPLE MARCHING AGAINST CANDIDACY OF KEIKO FUJIMORI

2. DEMONSTRATORS CHANTING (Spanish) "KEIKO WON'T MAKE IT" AND HOLDING BANNER WITH SAME SLOGAN

3. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MARCHING AND HOLDING BANNERS READING (Spanish) "KEIKO WON'T MAKE IT"

4. DEMONSTRATOR WITH MEGAPHONE CHANTING (Spanish) "KEIKO WON'T MAKE IT. JUSTICE AND DIGNITY"

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN AND DAUGHTER OF UNION LEADER KILLED DURING THE GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTO FUJIMORI, INDIRA HUILCA, SAYING:

"That is why it is important that we choose not to give total power of our country to Keiko Fujimori. 'Fujimorism' has already captured the institutions, has already destroyed many democratic institutions, and that is why in this election, what we can choose is to give total power to Keiko Fujimori or open a path to rebuild democracy in our country."

6. BANNER READING (Spanish) "KEIKO IS CHAOS"

7. BANNER SHOWING KEIKO FUJIMORI AS A GHOST

8. DEMONSTRATOR HOLDING MODEL OF CONGRESS BUILDING SHOWING A RAT, WRITING ON TOP OF MODEL READING (Spanish) "PALACE OF CHAOS"

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SISTER OF STUDENT WHO DIED DURING THE GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTO FUJIMORI, CAROLINA OYAGUE, SAYING:

"Since I was a child, I have been in the streets, for more than three-quarters of my life shouting 'Fujimori never again', demanding truth and justice. We have followed all the legal processes, all the democratic paths to obtain justice, which have been squandered by the amnesty law."

10. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MARCHING AND HOLDING BANNERS