Wednesday, July 19, 2006

http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2006/falloffujimori/index.html

There was a great documentary on Fujimori last night on PBS-

Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori, (born in Peru[1] on July 28, 1938), also known as Kenya Fujimori (藤森 謙也 Fujimori Ken'ya), was President of Peru from July 28, 1990 to November 17, 2000. Fujimori was credited with restoring macroeconomic stability to Peru after the tumultuous presidency of Alan García Pérez (1985-1990) and bringing peace to the nation after many years of domestic turmoil, but he was widely criticised for his authoritarian leadership style and human rights abuses (including a compulsory sterilization program [2]), particularly after the auto-coup of 1992.
In late 2000, in the face of mounting scandal and growing instability, he left Peru to attend an
APEC summit in Brunei and then continued on to Japan, from where he resigned. His resignation was initially transmitted by fax machine and later officially via the Peruvian Embassy in Tokyo.
In October 2005, he stated he would run in Peru's
April 2006 presidential election, despite a ten year congressional ban barring him from public office. Fujimori's contention was that his first administration had been under the Constitution of 1980, and thus his "third term" was actually only his second term under the Constitution of 1993. [3] His daughter and former First Lady Keiko Sofía officially registered him before the Peruvian National Electoral Jury on 6 January 2006, but he was officially disqualified on 10 January due to a political ban that was imposed on him by Congress in 2001. [4]
After travelling to Chile, he was detained by Chilean authorities from
November 7, 2005 to May 18, 2006, when he was released on condition that he remain in the country. [3]. The Peruvian government formally requested his extradition on 3 January 2006 [4].

http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2006/falloffujimori/index.html

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