sentences:  Prior to the 2011 Peruvian general election, two of the presidential candidates, Keiko Fujimori and Alejandro Toledo, expressed their support for civil unions for same-sex couples, but neither of them were elected.The winner of the election, Ollanta Humala, had stated that he opposed legal recognition for same-sex couples.In April 2014, legislator Carlos Bruce received a petition signed by 10,000 people in favor of allowing civil unions for same-sex couples.