❐ Fringe religious party gains power in crisis-stricken Peru
2020 Feb 18
The 'Christ of the Pacific' statue in Lima has caused controversy in Peru because of its financing by a graft-tainted Brazilian construction company. Both religion and corruption loomed large in Peru's 2020 legislative elections. CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP via Getty Images
After a bribery scandal that took down four presidents and led Congress to dissolve, some Peruvians are putting their faith in an austere religion called the Israelites of the New Universal Pact.