LimaPeru has had 9 presidents in a decade.
Its GDP still grew 3.4% in 2025, and the sol stayed among the region’s most stable currencies.
An autonomous central bank held 2025 inflation to 1.51%, while Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Uruguay all hit 3.5% or more.
President Keiko Fujimori, who won by under 50,000 votes, kept central bank chief Julio Velarde for her five-year term.
How each outlet framed it
- Dialogue Earth
- foregrounds copper export momentum sustaining 3.4% growth amid political turmoil (9 presidents, failed coup)
Sources: Dialogue Earth