A left-wing politician who shares his name with fascist dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini has become the mayor of a Peruvian town – just one year after he resigned from a right-wing populist party. Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores, 45, prevailed with 34% of the vote in Sunday’s election in Queropalca, running on a center-left ticket for Peru’s Ahora Nacion (Now Nation) party. It’s unclear when the politician joined the Ahora Nacion party, but he was previously a member of the right-wing Popular Force party before resigning in 2025, according to his candidate declaration form. Popular Force is a populist...