This post is part of our special coverage WikiLeaks and the World. One of the unexpected consequences of the cables released by Wikileaks has been its impact on the Peruvian presidential campaign. Shortly after the release of the first leaks, a congressman declared [es] that “We must look carefully at this issue, it could be an intentional leak or the actions of a hacker.” Subsequent statements given by people such as author Mario Vargas Llosa: “Wikileaks is frivolous gossip” [es] and President Alan Garcia: “Wikileaks reports are not relevant,” [es] did not show very favorable views on the subject. The first cables made public in Peru were themed around corruption and terrorism. Although they had some impact on the press, the current political situation did not seem shaken by them. But earlier this month, in the middle of the presidential campaign, a cable emerged [es] alluding directly to one of the candidates (Pedro Pablo Kuczynski) and his ties to big business and mining lobbies. As a result, the wires are now seen differently and have begun to have some impact on the campaign. On February 13, the daily El Comercio [es] announced that it would begin releasing cables related to Peru since 2006 [es] thanks to negotiations with Wikileaks. That same day, the newspaper published two cables, both related to key players in Peruvian politics. The first was about Ollanta Humala coordinating with Venezuela [es] to create the anti-Summit (ALC-UE) of 2008. The second was about Jorge Del Castillo asking for support from the United States so that Lourdes Flores would accept the results of the 2006 elections. Both cables are closely related to the elections, especially the one referencing Humala, who is currently a presidential candidate. But on Saturday 19, the situation reached new levels with the release of a cable from 2005 via the Spanish newspaper El Pais stating that “Fernando Rospigliosi, former Minister of Interior in the government of Alejandro Toledo, asked for assistance from the United States Embassy to carry out a campaign against Ollanta Humala.” Furthermore, the day after, El Comercio published information on cables related to candidates Luis Castañeda [es], Keiko Fujimori [es], Ollanta Humala [es] and Alejandro Toledo [es]. However, despite how revealing some of the latter cables were, they did not generate as many reactions [es] as the one released on Saturday, February 19. Former president and now candidate Alejandro Toledo declared [es] not long ago that “Wikileaks [cables] are a ‘kind (of) noise’ that disrupt the electoral process and thereby avoid proper debate among candidates.” While Luis Castañeda, another candidate, has preferred to refrain [es] from giving his opinion on the cables again, adding [es] that “national problems must be solved by Peruvians” in reference to the Rospigliosi case. Moreover, Congressman Mauricio Mulder said [es] that the cables had become “an object” that “a local newspaper will be able to handle as they want.” Print media analysts have also given their very diverse opinions on the subject, like Juan Paredes Castro from El Comercio [es], Mirko Lauer [es] and Javier Diez Canseco [es] in La República, and Aldo Mariátegui in Correo [es]. The issue has also been discussed on television: here is a compilation video [es] of several interviews on the matter. Opinions on blogs have been a little more raw and unbarred. For example, John Ochoa in the blog Mariategui: The magazine of ideas says [es] that these revelations should not surprise anyone: Aquí todos saben que los buitres del norte toda la vida han sido amos y señores de estas tierras. Aquí, sino somos todos, al menos los que hemos logrado cierto grado de instrucción elemental siempre entendimos que los hijos del Tío Sam, siempre han sido los mandamases de nuestra política, los justiprecieros de nuestra economía. Los inoculadores de una “cultura” a la medida de sus intereses. ¿Dónde diablos está la novedad sobre este hallazgo más antiguo que la momia juanita? In his blog Gran Combo Club Silvio Rendón analyses [es] the U.S embassy and its ambassador participation: La embajadora estadounidense en el Perú, Rose Likins, es todo un personaje mediático más de la política peruana. Se reúne con candidatos en plenas elecciones. Hace declaraciones semanales. Nomás falta que la imiten en la tele […] A ver que en EEUU una embajada apoye o perjudique a algún candidato estadounidense […] He also talks about interventionism: De 2006 a 2011 los términos de la política se han volteado. Entonces era Humala quien aparecía como parte de una intervención externa, de Venezuela. En la actualidad, es Toledo quien aparece como parte de la intervención de los Estados Unidos en el Perú.