LIMA: Rural school teacher Pedro Castillo will on Wednesday become Peru's first president with no ties to the elites that have governed the Andean country for decades.
The 51-year-old far-left trade unionist was largely unknown until he led a national strike four years ago that forced the then government to agree to pay rise demands.
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