Fujimori takes lead from Humala in Peruvian race

Keiko Fujimori is leading leftist candidate Ollanta Humala by as much as six percent ahead of the June 5 presidential runoff race in Peru, according to a new poll released on Monday.

Fujimori and her Win Peru coalition have surpassed Humala's own nationalist coalition over the past few weeks. In the early part of the campaign, soon after the first round in April, Humala was the frontrunner.

The survey, taken by Dataum, shows that Fujimori would get 46 percent of the vote, compared to Humala's 40 percent.

The campaign has been spiced up over the past few days as the two candidates and their supporters engage in a war of words. On Monday, Humala threatened to sue a popular television journalist, Jaime Bayly, for alleging that he gave the orders for an uprising in 2005 led by his brother Antauro, which left four policemen dead. The brother, who is serving time in prison, has filed a lawsuit against Bayly for violating his rights.

The Humala campaign has also criticized Fujimori for hiring former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to help her with New Peru's anti-crime program.

Giuliani, who successfully cleaned up the streets of New York when he served as mayor from 1994-2001, has worked with other Latin American governments in reducing the crime rates in their countries. Humala's supporters say that by bringing in Giuliani, Fujimori is acting as if she had already won the election.