On 24 February 2016, the Electoral Board of Peru (JNE) approved the candidacy of Julio Guzman, cancelling an earlier decision in January by the JNE to block its bid due to technical irregularities and not respecting internal party protocols. The negative decision was criticised before, yet at the same time only boosted the popularity of the self-declared outsider, a technocrat that has worked before as an economist at the Inter-American Development Bank. He has managed to conquer the second place in the polls, slowly becoming a serious challenger for Keiko Fujimori who has been the most likely winner so far for the elections that are to take place on 10 April 2016. In any case the upcoming Presidential Elections would close another chapter of the so called ''Pink Tide'' as the current leftist president will be replaced by either a centre-right or centrist candidate. This would follow earlier political earthquakes following earlier Presidential elections in Argentina and Parliamentary elections in Venezuela, where there has been a shift to the right already.  

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For a overview of the Presidential candidates read here.

For an article on the possible ending of the ''Pink Tide'' read here.