Former Governor Richardson went to Peru in June 2011 as a representative of the Organization of American States to help monitor the presidential runoff election.

Richardson, who is a special envoy with the OAS, worked with former Salvadoran President Tony Saca as special guests of the election monitoring delegation headed by former Argentine Foreign Minister Dante Caputo.

Former army officer Ollanta Humala defeated Keiko Fujimori in the election. He takes office in July.