Opinion polls already indicated the Peruvian election would be highly contested between presidential candidates Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori. For Dawisson Belém Lopes, CEBRI Senior Researcher and Professor of International Relations at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), the polarization that characterizes the country's political scenario comes as no surprise.

On June 10th, Dawisson Lopes gave an interview to the BNamericanas portal to discuss the Peruvian election scenario and what to expect from the political and economic relations between Peru and Brazil.