Fujimori on Trial

Fujimori on Trial

"In 1990, I received the country on the verge of collapse, overwhelmed by hyperinflation and terrorism,” Alberto Fujimori shouted defiantly ...
Fujimori and the Business Class: A Prickly Partnership

Fujimori and the Business Class: A Prickly Partnership

Peru's business community has been a key pillar of support for Fujimori's neoliberal economic program. In recent months, however, some ...
Peru's Battle for Democracy

Peru’s Battle for Democracy

Peru's President Alberto Fujimori was scheduled to appear at a victory celebration on the evening of May 28, after electoral ...
Cleaning Up After Fujimori: Peruvian Panel Probes “Economic Crimes” Linked to Privatization

Cleaning Up After Fujimori: Peruvian Panel Probes “Economic Crimes” Linked to Privatization

Peruvians are just beginning to untangle the web of high-level corruption woven during Alberto Fujimori’s presidency. Fujimori was first elected ...
Peru: Facade of Democracy Crumbles

Peru: Facade of Democracy Crumbles

Plagued by a fanatical guerrilla movement, a flagging economy and widespread drug trafficking, Peru hardly seems a propitious place for ...
The Two Faces of Fujimori's Rural Policy

The Two Faces of Fujimori’s Rural Policy

A new law has opened up the fertile lands along the coast to the market. In the Andean highlands, however, ...
MILITARY INTRIGUE

MILITARY INTRIGUE

Some observers of the ApnI 5 auto- aftertwo years hadconsolidated an iron day of the autogo/pe to deliver a list ...
Fujimori's Last Hurrah

Fujimori’s Last Hurrah

After Alberto Fujimori's sudden call on September 16 for new elections and for dissolution of the Gestapo-like National Intelligence Service ...
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