Stories for June 3rd 2001

Sunday, June 3rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Toledo Wins Peru Presidential Vote.

Alejandro Toledo rose from a poor childhood as a shoeshine boy to become Peru's first freely elected president of native Indian descent on Sunday, defeating controversial ex-president Alan Garcia.
Sunday, June 3rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Last news from South America.

Economist Alejandro Toledo won Peru's presidential election on Sunday after a 14-month odyssey in which he narrowly beat his leftist rival Alan Garcia.

Toledo Wins Peru Presidential Vote.