Tag: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

• Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 09:33 UTC

  Francis blasts corruption, calls for greater transparency in public entities, private sector, and... the Church

  

  Pope Francis made a forceful call to combat corruption in Peru, calling it a social “virus” a month after the Andean nation’s president pardoned a former autocratic leader who had been jailed for graft and human rights abuses.

• Sunday, January 7th 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  Released Fujimori calls to set aside “grudges”; anticipation of an alliance with Kuczynski?

  

  Recently pardoned former president Alberto Fujimori called for Peruvians on Saturday to set aside their “grudges” in order to unite against violence and crime, appealing to his right-wing political base two days after being freed from prison by a presidential pardon.

• Friday, December 29th 2017 - 10:19 UTC

  Kuczynski and Keiko Fujimori questioned by prosecutors on alleged Odebrecht payments

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and one of his leading political rivals appeared on Thursday before prosecutors investigating payments to politicians by Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. Kuczynski and ex congresswoman Keiko Fujimori are being investigated by anti-corruption prosecutors in separate probes. Both have denied wrongdoing.

• Friday, December 29th 2017 - 10:14 UTC

  UN human rights experts condemn pardon of ex president Alberto Fujimori

  

  Condemning the pardoning of former President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, a group of United Nations independent human rights experts have said that the move undermines the work of the judiciary and the international community to achieve justice.

• Wednesday, December 27th 2017 - 10:54 UTC

  Fujimori from hospital apologizes to “those whom he let down”

  

  Peru's ailing former leader Alberto Fujimori on Tuesday asked the public for forgiveness, two days after receiving a presidential pardon that sparked street protests.”I am aware that the results of my government were well received on one side, but I admit that I have let down other compatriots, and I ask them to forgive me with all my heart,’ Fujimori said in a Facebook video filmed from his hospital bed.

• Monday, December 25th 2017 - 18:14 UTC

  Ex president Fujimori granted a medical pardon; he was serving 25-year sentence

  

  The Peruvian president announced on Sunday night that he granted a medical pardon to jailed former strongman Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses, corruption and the sanctioning of death squads. President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski released a statement on Christmas Eve saying he decided to free Fujimori for “humanitarian reasons,” citing doctors who had determined the ex-leader suffers from incurable and degenerative problems.

• Saturday, December 23rd 2017 - 09:23 UTC

  Divided Fujimori opposition helped Kuczynski avoid removal from office

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has thwarted a bid in Congress to force him out over a graft scandal, as an opposition lawmaker accused him of securing votes by promising to free ex-president Alberto Fujimori from jail. Before Thursday evening’s vote on a motion to push him out, Kuczynski urged lawmakers to set aside unproven allegations of graft against him to defend Peru from what he called a coup attempt by the right-wing Popular Force party.

• Friday, December 22nd 2017 - 09:49 UTC

  Peruvian president manages to survive impeachment but emerges weaker

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski survived an impeachment vote in congress late Thursday, thwarting an attempt by opposition lawmakers to oust him over ties to the Brazilian construction giant implicated in the region's biggest corruption scandal.

• Monday, December 18th 2017 - 06:41 UTC

  Kuczynski appeals to an Odebrecht letter which says he was not in the “pay list”

  

  Brazilian builder Odebrecht said on Saturday that its recently-disclosed business ties to embattled Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski were not part of the corrupt deals it struck with politicians that it has acknowledged to prosecutors.

• Tuesday, December 12th 2017 - 08:13 UTC

  Peruvian president admits working for Odebrecht, as financial advisor or irrigation project

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski acknowledged that he worked as a financial adviser for an irrigation project owned by the Brazilian builder Odebrecht, contradicting his previous denials of having any links to the company. Odebrecht is at the center of Latin America’s biggest graft scandal and has admitted to paying about US$ 30 million in bribes to secure contracts in Peru over a decade.