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Montevideo, July 31st 2025 - 03:08 UTC

Tag: Keiko Fujimori

  • Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 09:13 UTC

    Peruvian prosecutors want Keiko Fujimori sentenced to 35 years in jail

    The “cocktail case” is named after the defense's claim that funds were raised through a series of cocktail parties

    Peruvian Lava Jato prosecutor José Domingo Pérez submitted a filing Wednesday requesting a 35-year prison sentence for former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, in a revised criminal indictment in the so-called “cocktail case,” which investigates the alleged irregular financing of her 2011 and 2016 election campaigns. In a previous proceeding ending up in a mistrial in April this year, a 30-year sentence had been sought.

  • Tuesday, January 14th 2025 - 10:31 UTC

    Peruvian court sends case against Keiko Fujimori back to square one

    The case against Keiko Fujimori goes back now to the indictment phase

    Peru's Third Criminal Court Monday annulled Keiko Fujimori's trial for the irregular financing of her 2011 and 2016 electoral campaigns, citing a previous sentence from the Constitutional Court (TC). As per this split ruling, the case moves back to the indictment phase for Fujimori and the other more than 30 defendants.

  • Friday, September 13th 2024 - 09:38 UTC

    Thousands mourn Fujimori with Peru's flag flying at half mast

    Fujimori's memorial will span until Saturday when he is to be buried at a private cemetery in Lima, his daughter Keiko explained (Pic REUTERS)

    Thousands of Peruvians started parading before former President Alberto Fujimori's casket Thursday at the Culture Ministry in Lima to pay their last respects to the controversial conservative leader still regarded by many as the country's best head of state ever despite staging a coup d'état and being convicted for crimes against humanity.

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

    Alberto Fujimori to run for President of Peru in 2026, daughter announces

    Fujimori is within a fortnight of turning 86

    Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori will seek a third term in office in 2026, his daughter and former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori announced Sunday. Regarding her father's disenfranchisement given his numerous criminal convictions, Keiko insisted she would leave those matters up to their legal team. The octogenarian leader also faces several health issues.

  • Monday, April 29th 2024 - 20:43 UTC

    Fujimori to undergo medical procedure under anesthesia

    85-year-old Fujimori was seen walking through Lima in good spirits before being admitted to a clinic for a procedure

    Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has been hospitalized in Lima to undergo surgery for a tongue ailment after being released from the Barbadillo prison in December last year following a Constitutional Court ruling that brought his 16-year stay at the facility to an end. Fujimori was seen walking through the streets of the country's capital in good spirits on the days before his admission at the Delgado Clinic.

  • Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

    Former Peruvian President back in jail after hospital discharge

    The former president is serving a 25-year prison sentence for crimes against humanity

    Alberto Fujimori has been discharged Monday from the private Lima clinic where he had been taken to earlier this month due to a heart failure and was subsequently taken back to jail, his daughter and opposition leader Keiko Fujimori announced.

  • Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

    Peru's President has 60% disapproval rate

    Castillo's disapproval ratings are higher each month

    Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones, who became head of state in a tight runoff against Conservative Keiko Fujimori about half a year ago, has a disapproval rate of 60%, according to a survey released Sunday.

  • Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

    Motion to vacate Peru's presidency turned down

    Castillo survived this impeachment attempt but he is already damaged by his own decisions, mistakes and appointments

    Peru's Parliament Tuesday declined to open an impeachment procedure against President Pedro Castillo Terrones after a group of rightwing lawmakers had sought to declare him as “permanently moral incapacitated.”

  • Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

    Peru: Alberto Fujimori hospitalized for tests, his wife in a coma

    Additional charges against Fujimori are under evaluation

    Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has been taken to a Lima clinic to undergo urgent tests, as his health seems to be deteriorating, according to his daughter and former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori.

  • Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

    Pedro Castillo sworn in as Peru's new president

    Castillo vowed to lead “a country without corruption” and with “a new Constitution.”

    Pedro Castillo Terrones has been sworn in Wednesday as Peru's new President for the 2021-2026 term just barely a week after being declared the winner of the June 6 runoff against conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori.

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