Alberto Fujimori

Widespread forced sterilizations during the government of Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori, supposedly in the name of progress, are at the center of an explosive new documentary out this week."They tied me up, and they cut me here," said an emotional Micaela Flores, pointing to her belly, in the film "Paulina's scar" by Manuel Legarda.She was one of thousands of women who were subject to forced sterilization during his second term in office which began in 1996.In 1996, Fujimori's...Read Full Story

Widespread forced sterilizations during the government of Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori, supposedly in the name of progress, are at the center of an explosive new documentary out this week."They tied me up, and they cut me here," said an emotional Micaela Flores, pointing to her belly, in the film "Paulina's scar" by Manuel Legarda.She was one of thousands of women who were subject to forced sterilization during his second term in office which began in 1996.In 1996, Fujimori's...Read Full Story

LIMA (Reuters) - Former army commander Ollanta Humala claimed victory in Peru's presidential election on Sunday as investors worried that his left-wing policies could ruin a long economic boom.With 80 percent of ballot boxes counted, Humala had a narrow but growing lead of 1.4 percentage points over right-wing lawmaker Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori.Exit polls and quick counts showed Humala clearly ahead and his advantage in the official returns was...Read Full Story

Peruvian artist Jorge Miyagui's contribution to an exhibit of decorated kimonos was originally censured after he used it to remember the regime of ex-president Alberto Fujimori, now jailed for rights abuses.The Peruvian-Japanese Cultural Center refused to display the 2003 artwork, a bright orange "Kimono to avoid forgetting," which includes pictures of Fujimori and his notorious intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos, as well as a mirror in place of the head marked "complicit silence...Read Full Story

LIMA (Reuters) - The two candidates in Peru's tight presidential contest traded barbs in a heated televised debate a week before the election, each trying to paint the other as bad for democracy.Right-wing lawmaker Keiko Fujimori said she thought leftist Ollanta Humala would seek radical changes that could hurt the fast-growing economy, or revise the constitution to allow him to run for consecutive terms."Why change the constitution? Why revise free trade pacts? Which of the campaign plans...Read Full Story