Years after being ousted during his third term in office, the former Peruvian strongman was sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes he committed as president. He was later pardoned – twice.
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A court in Peru has sentenced ten retired soldiers for raping nine women while serving in the military in the 1980s.
The former Peruvian strongman appeared frail as he left prison. But his influence on politics remains strong.
Peru now has its sixth president in just five years. An expert on Latin American politics explores the country’s political instability and what happens next.
Forced sterilization of Indigenous women was a covert part of ‘family planning’ under Fujimori. Over 200,000 Peruvians underwent tubal ligations between 1996 and 2001 – many without their consent.
After becoming Peru’s third president in six days, Francisco Sagasti must both lead the country into elections and build a better democracy. It’s a test Peruvian leaders largely failed 20 years ago.
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Associate Professor of Global Affairs and Human Security, University of Baltimore
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Milton P. and Alice C. Higgins Professor of Environment and Society, Professor of Geography, Clark University
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Adjunct Researcher at the Center for Mining and Sustainability Studies at the Universidad del Pacífico (Peru) and PhD Candidate in Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Gender and Development, King's College London
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Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University