The De Facto Powers Behind Fujimori's Regime

The De Facto Powers Behind Fujimori’s Regime

Fujimori takes great pride in not being beholden to the interests of any particular group. He did not, for example, ...
Deciphering the Enigmas of Alberto Fujimori

Deciphering the Enigmas of Alberto Fujimori

How can we understand the many enigmas sur- rounding the presidency of Alberto Fujimori? Emerging practically out of nowhere, he ...
A President Like You": Fujimoris Popular Appeal

A President Like You”: Fujimoris Popular Appeal

In the 1990 presidential election, political unknown IAlberto Fujimori conducted a deliberately simple campaign, in sharp contrast to the multimillion- ...
PRIVILEDGE AND POWER IN FUJIMORI'S PERU

PRIVILEDGE AND POWER IN FUJIMORI’S PERU

Peru in the 1990 the year Alberto Fujimori was elected president was a country bordering on collapse. Spiraling hyperinflation had ...
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 ...
An Unlikely Hero: Valdivieso's Crusade Against Drug Corruption

An Unlikely Hero: Valdivieso’s Crusade Against Drug Corruption

Prosecutor General Alfonso Valdivieso has set himself the goal of separating Colombia's political elite from its murderous friendships and entanglements ...
Anatomy of a Cover-Up: The Disappearances at La Cantuta

Anatomy of a Cover-Up: The Disappearances at La Cantuta

The Enrique Guzman y Valle University, widely known as "La Cantuta," was occupied by the Peruvian army in May, 1991 ...
Oil and the Opposition

Oil and the Opposition

The government's attempt to derail opposition to the proposed privatization of Petro-PerO is a pal- pable demonstration of the contradiction ...