De La Gran Transformación a La Gran Traición: Ollanta Humala's State Policy and Frustrated Expectations in Peru

• In Event: Contesting the Transformation II: Gender, Sexuality, and the Latin American Left

Abstract

In the 2006 Peruvian presidential elections, Ollanta Humala positioned himself as part of the Latin American left. Although Humala did not win the presidential elections in 2006, he did win in 2011. An in depth study of Humala’s 2011 campaign, as well as changes in his cabinet during the first four months of his administration, reveal two main contradictions. Humala's shift to support neoliberalism and his shift to abandon women's and LGBT rights indicate his disassociation with the Latin American left.

Author

• Pascha Bueno-Hansen, University of Delaware