Flores Says De Soto To Join Team

One of the leading candidates in Peru’s upcoming April elections, Lourdes Flores, says that she is expecting world-famous Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto to join her administration, should she win. De Soto, considered by many to be the region’s leading economist, is the founder of the think-tank Institute of Liberty and Democracy in Lima and author of ‘El Otro Sendero’ (‘The Other Path’). A recent poll shows conservative candidate Flores with an 8% lead over nearest rival, nationalist Ollanta Humala.