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Montevideo, August 30th 2026 - 20:42 UTC

Tag: Keiko Fujimori

  • Sunday, August 9th 2026 - 20:58 UTC

    Keiko Fujimori starts her term in Peru with 60% approval, Datum poll finds

    The poll is the first national measurement since Fujimori took office on July 28, after winning the June 7 runoff by one of the narrowest margins in Peruvian electoral history

    Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori has begun her five-year term with a 60% approval rating, against 24% disapproval and 16% who gave no opinion, according to a Datum Internacional survey published on Sunday by the newspaper El Comercio.

  • Tuesday, August 4th 2026 - 06:00 UTC

    Toledo seeks release on health grounds, saying he does not want to die in prison

    He asked Fujimori, who he noted had received a message from him when her father died, to speed up his pardon request because he does not want to die in prison

    Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo, 81, has asked President Keiko Fujimori to expedite the presidential pardon he requested on humanitarian grounds, in an interview given on Sunday from Barbadillo prison to the program Sin Rodeos on Panamericana Televisión.

  • Tuesday, July 28th 2026 - 22:54 UTC

    Milei and Fujimori meet in Lima and agree to strengthen economic and security cooperation

    Argentine President Javier Milei met on Tuesday in Lima with Peru's President Keiko Fujimori in a bilateral encounter held at the Torre Tagle Palace, headquarters of Peru's foreign ministry, hours before the handover ceremony. It was the first official contact between the two leaders.

  • Tuesday, July 28th 2026 - 20:54 UTC

    Fujimori takes office in Peru and announces the armed forces will join the fight against crime

    At 51, Fujimori is the first woman to reach Peru's presidency through the popular vote

    Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as president of Peru on Tuesday and announced that the armed forces will temporarily assume internal control during states of emergency to confront organized crime, in coordination with the National Police. The ceremony took place at Congress on July 28, the anniversary of the country's independence, opening a five-year term.

  • Tuesday, July 28th 2026 - 10:30 UTC

    Fujimori's inauguration brings Southern Cone and Andean presidents together in Lima

    Fujimori will become the first woman to reach Peru's presidency through the ballot box

    The presidents of Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, and Honduras arrived in Lima on Monday to attend the handover ceremony at which Keiko Fujimori will assume Peru's presidency for the 2026-2031 term. The leaders of Argentina, Javier Milei; Uruguay, Yamandú Orsi; Panama, José Raúl Mulino; and Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, are also expected to take part.

  • Wednesday, July 15th 2026 - 07:07 UTC

    Fujimori takes on Peru's presidency with security and national unity as her main challenges

    Fujimori will govern a country fractured by inequality, ideological divisions, and territorial tensions, with the Andean south as the main focus of resistance to her authority

    Keiko Fujimori, 51, received on Wednesday in Lima the credentials confirming her as Peru's president-elect, a post she will be sworn into on July 28, the country's independence day. She will be the first woman to reach the executive office through the ballot box, arriving after a career defined by persistence: she won on her fourth attempt, following three consecutive runoff defeats.

  • Friday, July 10th 2026 - 18:27 UTC

    Milei plans regional tour seeking investment, with a Bolsonaro visit that irks Lula

    Milei said he would travel on July 25 to São Paulo to take part in the event at which, he said, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro — son of former President Jair — will be proclaimed a presidential candidate

    Argentine President Javier Milei announced a busy international schedule for the coming weeks, with trips to Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, which he presented as part of an outward-looking strategy aimed at attracting trade and investment. The itinerary includes a gesture toward the Brazilian opposition that is likely to cause discomfort for the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

  • Monday, July 6th 2026 - 02:08 UTC

    Orsi praises Fujimori's 'exemplary perseverance' in a cross-ideological call

    “Congratulations on two things: first on the win, and on your perseverance, which is exemplary,” Orsi said, referring to Fujimori's path to power on her fourth attempt after three lost runoffs

    Uruguay's left-wing President Yamandú Orsi congratulated Peru's right-wing president-elect, Keiko Fujimori, by phone on her runoff victory, in a contact that bridged the ideological divide in a region where most governments have shifted to the right. The conversation, released by the Office of Peru's President-Elect, came amid the government transition in the Andean country, with the handover set for July 28.

  • Tuesday, June 30th 2026 - 09:39 UTC

    Keiko Fujimori wins Peru's presidency as the full count confirms her by 49,641 votes

    With the count closed, Fujimori is the president-elect, though the official proclamation falls to the National Jury of Elections (JNE), scheduled for Friday, July 3

    Peru's National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) on Monday closed the count of the presidential runoff at 100% of the tally sheets and confirmed the victory of right-wing Keiko Fujimori over left-wing Roberto Sánchez, 22 days after the June 7 vote. The Fuerza Popular leader obtained 50.14% of valid votes against her rival's 49.87%, a difference of 49,641 ballots, in one of the closest elections in the country's recent history.

  • Tuesday, June 30th 2026 - 08:32 UTC

    A regional shift to the right frames the wave of congratulations to Fujimori

    Argentine President Javier Milei was among the most emphatic. “I congratulate Keiko Fujimori on her historic victory in Peru. The Peruvian people join Colombia and have sent a clear message”

    The confirmation of right-wing Keiko Fujimori's victory in Peru's presidential runoff drew a wave of congratulations from leaders across the region, who framed the result within the shift to the right underway in several Latin American countries. With Fujimori's arrival in power, the right will add a new government, alongside those of Argentina, Ecuador, Chile, Paraguay and El Salvador, and the recent victory of Abelardo de la Espriella in Colombia.

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