Peru, Alberto Fujimori
Alberto Fujimori, Peru’s controversial former president, buried after 3 days of national mourning
Controversial former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has been buried after three days of national mourning.
As Peru buries Fujimori, a complex tussle over his legacy
Many Peruvians still revere Fujimori for pulling the country out of a severe economic crisis in the 1990s and defeating the Shining Path terrorist group. Others say his authoritarian rule was to blame for clandestine military killings. He spent some 16 years behind bars for human rights abuses.
Peru’s ex-leader Alberto Fujimori dies at 86
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has died at the age of 86 after a long battle with cancer, his daughter Keiko Fujimori said Wednesday night.
Peru’s coup regime imposes national mourning for ex-dictator Alberto Fujimori
Just as Washington backed Fujimori as a defender of big business interests and vehement anti-communist, so today it supports the illegitimate Boluarte regime, including with military aid and training.
Peru bids farewell to polarizing ex-president Fujimori
Peru bid an emotional farewell on Saturday to its divisive ex-president Alberto Fujimori after three days of national mourning marked by expressions of nostalgia for his iron-fisted rule.
Fujimori's death divides Peru: From dictatorship to prison, controversy persists
In 2009, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for bribery and ordering the murder of 25 people during his presidency
Peru’s controversial former president Alberto Fujimori is buried after three days of mourning
Controversial former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was buried Saturday after three days of national mourning as thousands of supporters lined up outside a museum in Lima to visit the politician's casket.
‘Transformative, for better and for worse’: what’s the legacy of Peru’s Alberto Fujimori
Despite his convictions for corruption and human rights abuses, many see the president who has died at 86 as the country’s greatest leader
Christian Science Monitor2d
Latin America’s populist prototype: Peru’s Fujimori leaves divisive legacy
Former President Alberto Fujimori had been out of office for more than two decades when he died. But his legacy still divides ...
Jurist4d
Peru dispatch: death of divisive ex-president Fujimori poses challenges for his movement and his country
Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del ...
Alberto Fujimori, Ex-Peru Leader Who Crushed Insurgency Before Being Convicted, Dies
Fujimori’s 1990s-era government defeated Maoist rebels and revived a battered economy but descended into authoritarianism and ...
Thousands gather to honor Fujimori, Peru's late president, as he lies in state
Thousands of people in Peru lined up outside the Culture Ministry in Lima where the late President Alberto Fujimori is lying ...
Manchester Journal7d
Peru mourns divisive former strongman Fujimori
Peruvians began three days of national mourning Thursday for polarizing former president Alberto Fujimori, who ruled his ...