LIMA, Peru—Alberto Fujimori, the former Peruvian president whose 1990s-era government crushed Maoist rebels and revived a battered economy but descended into authoritarianism and corruption ...

Fujimori, who resigned the presidency in 2000 after corruption scandals involving his former spy chief, is serving a 25-year prison sentence for ordering massacres during his government’s fight ...

In Peru, conservative Keiko Fujimori has the lead over leftist ... it has also deepened people’s mistrust of government as it mismanaged the COVID-19 ... Given Peru’s recent history, ...

For most of his rule, Fujimori's government largely controlled the media and courts, and criticism of the president was muted - often for fear of the consequences. But Fujimori gradually lost control.

The pilot of the plane escaped unhurt. But with presidential elections set for April 8, just how Peru itself will survive the wreckage of the past decade of Fujimori’s authoritarian rule remains ...

Fujimori has promised massive spending to compensate every Peruvian family that lost someone to Covid-19 with 10,000 soles ($2,600), plus 10 billion soles ($2.6 billion) in loans to small ...

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For many, Fujimori was a hero who rescued Peru from a deep economic crisis and the threat of terrorism. For others, he was a dictator who violated human rights and unconstitutionally concentrated ...

LIMA, Peru — The raiders struck before dawn, 10 well-armed agents of the Peruvian intelligence service descending on a house here. The target was not a terrorists’ hide-out. It was a secret ...

The public knows that Fujimori’s crimes include embezzling millions of dollars from the government and operating death squads, but what many people outside of Peru do not know is that Fujimori ...

Alejandro Toledo, the man who would have won the Peruvian election last spring if President Alberto Fujimori had not cheated at every stage of the process, got it exactly right: IN PERU, EXIT FUJIMORI ...