Leftist Castillo leads in tight race for president of Peru 

The presidential race in Peru is still too close to call, even with almost all votes counted. Socialist Pedro Castillo leads with a razor-thin margin ahead of right-wing Keiko Fujimori. The World’s Latin America correspondent Jorge Valencia reports.

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