For Latin America's sake, as well as Peru's, it is essential to draw the line against ballot-rigging.

ECONOMIST: Drawing a line in Peru

To a fresh observer, it was the very opposite of what you might expect a Nigerian election to be - an escape from the grotesque abuses of ballot stuffing and vote rigging of the past.

BBC: Nigeria's president faces free vote challenge

Mr Mugabe is wily enough to know he is unpopular, which is why he took the precaution of rigging the last parliamentary election, five years ago, as well as the presidential ballot of 2002.

ECONOMIST: Democracy in Africa