May 29th
* The Peruvian people know the "characteristics" of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, and therefore anything he says "is irrelevant," claimed Peruvian nationalist presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, disregarding Chávez' latest insults against Humala's rival Alan García.

* On May 28th, in Bolivia, Chávez said García, seen as the favorite to win Peruvian presidential election on June 4th, "wants to become president to continue stealing and stabbing the Peruvian people, God forbid."

* After reiterating his support for Humala, Chávez branded García as a "real thief, demagogue, irresponsible, and liar."

* On May 29th Humala tried to mitigate rejection from Peruvian politicians and media against Chávez' remarks, AP reported.

* President Chávez' statements are "irrelevant. We all know President Chávez' characteristics. This is quite clear for the Peruvian people."

* "We nationalists are not subject to foreign interests," Humala added.

* When asked if Chávez would stop interfering in Peru, Humala replied: "Of course he will. The electoral process belongs to the Peruvian people. In this sense, I am asking all countries not to interfere in the process taking place in Peru and this includes Venezuela, obviously."

* Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo asked the Organization of American States (OAS) to state its opinion on continued meddling of his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez in Peruvian elections.

* "OAS should take a stance, it cannot wash its hands," Toledo told reporters following a meeting with the chair of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission, Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy.

* The head of state recalled that the Inter American Democratic Charter is in force. "All of us should observe it and cannot be dead language."

* Chávez has interfered openly in the whole electoral process by supporting Nationalist candidate Ollanta Humala. On May 28th, he started again with renewed attacks on Toledo and candidate and ex Social Democrat President Alan García, DPA quoted.

* Lima has protested repeatedly these actions and even recalled its ambassador to Caracas.

May 30th
* The former Peruvian intelligence director Vladimiro Montesinos, currently in jail, ensured that Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala is a political "pawn" who serves Venezuela and Cuba interests.

* In his document "Chess Pawn," which his lawyer delivered to the media, Montesinos, the former powerful Peruvian spy chief, said that the Presidents of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, and Cuba, Fidel Castro, have started an "asymmetric war" against the US.

* Under such a plan, Humala "is not a new ideologist or political reformer, but he is an instrument" serving the plans of Cuban and Venezuelan intelligence agencies, Reuters informed.
 
* According to Montesinos, Chávez' and Castro's plans have gained ground in Bolivia through the election of Evo Morales as President. And they now intend to spread their plan to Peru and Ecuador.

* Peruvian presidential candidate Alan García called Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez a "satrap" and put the blame on him for encouraging a "coup-oriented, dire and rightist" global strategy to deprive the Peruvian people of their rights, DPA reported.

* "At the time of his separation, this man was accused by his wife of beating her everyday. He is unmanly. A man who abused physically of his wife cannot claim the moral high ground to launch any attack as he is doing now," the central-leftist ex president said.

* On May 28th the Venezuelan ruler railed on García again. He called the candidate a liar and demagogue in reply to the responsibility attributed in recent armed clashes between supporters of candidate Ollanta Humala and members of political APRA party in Cuzco.

* Chávez continued expressions of support to Humala, a retired lieutenant colonel with whom he shares ideological stances, and his attacks on García are considered in Lima as "permanent, unacceptable" meddling in the electoral process.

* The Peruvian Government is to protest again at the Organization of American States (OAS) meddling lately of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in Peruvian elections, Foreign Minister Oscar Maúrtua announced.

* The senior official will take action during an upcoming appearance at the OAS General Assembly in Santo Domingo, DPA reported.

* "I am going to reaffirm the clear principles from the Inter American Democratic Charter to the parties of the whole Inter American system. This has a legal background and political foundations. And we will reiterate it," the Foreign Minister said when refusing Chávez' recent statements.

* On May 28th, the Venezuelan ruler interfered once more time in Peruvian elections when wishing victory of retired lieutenant colonel Ollanta Humala and lashing out at ex President Alan García, the other candidate in the second round. Chávez called García thief and liar.

* The head of the Electoral Observation Mission, Organization of American States (OAS), Lloyd Axworthy, urged Peruvians to protest interference of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in the Peruvian election campaign, media in the capital city of Lima disclosed.

* In this way, the complaint filed by the Peruvian Government will have credibility, Axworthy said in the southern city of Arequipa, Efe quoted.

* "For the international community and OAS members realize such interference, it is important that Peruvians speak up," the Canadian ex Foreign Minister explained.

* "This is not only up to the Observation Mission, but to the civil society, universities, government and political parties. All of them must take action to restrict interference, wherever it comes from," he suggested.

* The Mission takes defense of democracy "much seriously," the official underscored and promised to address the issue at the OAS Assembly and Council, during a meeting next week in the Dominican Republic.

May 31st
* The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry refused in a press release the charges with interference in the second round of the Peruvian elections being held on June 4th, and presumed solicitation to turmoil.

* The Government refused "categorically such hints" and viewed them as unfounded. The communiqué quoted the Peruvian Defense Minister, who apparently claimed that such version was the result of some fantasy.

* The Venezuelan Government regretted that the major spokesman of the Peruvian Foreign Ministry had tried to turn the situation into a multilateral issue. It is a purely bilateral issue; therefore, third parties should not be involved, they argued.

* It was repeated in the paper that the reference made by President Hugo Chávez to the Peruvian political conditions were substantiated as a reply to the attacks from presidential candidate Alan García.

June 1st
* Peruvian presidential candidate Alan García insisted on saying that certainly Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez funds the campaign of his challenger, Nationalist Ollanta Humala. However, he denied that his party is linked with a related charge made by a presumed Venezuelan army officer, DPA quoted.

* "Undoubtedly, I do not need to provide evidence to say that there is Venezuelan money in this campaign. All citizens can attest to it. Particularly those of Lima human settlements have witnessed an extraordinary deployment of vans and activists. As they do not come from an organized party, are basically compensated with black money," the central-leftwing ex President insisted on saying, when the election day was just three days away.

* "I am not familiar with the claim of that Venezuelan military officer, but I can concede that it is mostly true. This shows that oil money from Mr. Chávez has infiltrated and subdued us," he added.

* Moisés Boyer, an alleged captain of the Venezuelan army, declared on May 31st in Lima that the Venezuelan Government gave a relative of Humala's wife USD 600,000 for the presidential campaign. Also, it sent a mission of Caracas political police to organize vigilante groups ready to cause turmoil in the event of Humala's defeat on June 4th.

June 2nd
* The Government of Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, and presidential candidate Alan García hired Venezuelan Moisés Boyer, a fake army officer, for the purposes of their "unscrupulous" electoral campaign, the Venezuelan Executive argued, as quoted by Efe.

* The Venezuelan Ministry of Communication and Information issued Friday a press release from the Foreign Ministry, entitled "García and the Peruvian Government hire Venezuelan false military officer for their campaign against President Hugo Chávez."

* The communiqué denied the remarks of alleged Captain Boyer. According to the official, he and 19 colleagues arrived recently in Peru to spoil the elections, as instructed by the Venezuelan Government.

* "The campaign of candidate García and the Government of that country against Chávez go ahead and unscrupulously. This time, they even hired a renowned mercenary who, as such, has both a public and shameful criminal record."