First, to temporarily dissolve the Congress of the Republic”, were the unexpected words left by former President Alberto Fujimori in ... the democratic history of Peru. The coup d'état took ...

LIMA, Peru—Alberto Fujimori, the former Peruvian president whose 1990s-era government crushed Maoist ... the most tumultuous ...

Fujimori helped trailblaze the right-wing populist playbook that Donald Trump now uses. The former Peruvian president exemplified a mortal threat to democratic regimes: an elected leader who ...

But Fujimori’s government took an authoritarian turn in 1992, when he ordered the military to shut down Peru’s congress and its supreme court and declared a state of emergency. The measure ...

"He is the best president Peru has ever had ... according to a government truth commission. Sources close to his family told AFP Wednesday that Fujimori's health had deteriorated rapidly after ...

GENEVA (30 October 2024) - The policy of forced sterilisation in Peru, which took place during the 1990s’, amounted to sex-based violence and intersectional discrimination, particularly against ...

Fujimori began his career as a mathematics lecturer. After serving as a president of national university, he was elected Peru's first ... thorough crackdown on anti-government armed groups.

Alberto Fujimori, who led Peru from 1990 to 2000, left office when he became engulfed in a major corruption scandal and went into self-imposed exile in Japan. He memorably faxed in his resignation ...

Peru’s forced sterilisation policy could constitute a crime against humanity, a United Nations committee has said.

Urresti, who was secretary of the interior and a presidential candidate, is one of 47 soldiers in Peru ... Fujimori. However, Figueroa admitted that an unfair advantage exists regarding government ...

Bus drivers in Peru, angry over violent attacks and extortion, went on strike on Wednesday for the third time in less than a month, disrupting the country's sprawling capital as the government ...

Peru’s new government promises the parliament that chaos will not spread and order will be restored. At the same time, members of the cabinet plan to travel to the regions for negotiations with ...