Tag: Peru

• Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 05:40 UTC

  Peru Supreme Court overturns sentence against ex president Fujimori for alleged diversion of public funds

  

  Peru’s Judiciary overturned an eight-year sentence against former president Alberto Fujimori for alleged diversion of public funds to tabloids to facilitate his second re-election in 2000. The Supreme Court said in a ruling “there isn’t enough material evidence” to declare any criminal responsibility of Fujimori, who is serving another 25-year sentence in prison for crimes against humanity.

• Friday, July 29th 2016 - 13:40 UTC

  Kuczynski pledges to modernize Peru and a “social revolution” to fight poverty, racism and corruption

  

  Pedro Pablo Kuczynski took office as Peru's president on Thursday, asking the opposition-controlled Congress to help him fight income inequality and ensure all Peruvians have access to running water, health care and free primary education.

• Thursday, July 28th 2016 - 06:35 UTC

  “Gringo” president with pro-business cabinet and limited congressional support takes office in Peru

  

  Pedro Pablo Kuczynski takes office as Peru's presidency this Thursday with a Cabinet that shares his Ivy League, pro-business pedigree — a reliance on technocrats that could become a liability as he deals with an unfriendly congress, a resurgent left and environment aware peasants and indigenous peoples living on rich natural resources.

• Monday, June 20th 2016 - 05:22 UTC

  Peruvian First Lady charged with money laundering for electoral campaigns

  

  Judge Richard Concepcion ordered Peru's first lady and the president of the ruling Nationalist Party, Nadine Heredia, not to leave the country in order to answer charges of suspected money laundering in the electoral campaigns of 2006 and 2011.

• Saturday, June 11th 2016 - 06:13 UTC

  Keiko Fujimori concedes defeat and pledges “a responsible opposition”

  

  Keiko Fujimori conceded defeat in Peru's presidential election on Friday, bringing an end to the closest presidential runoff vote in the country's history after losing to Pedro Pablo Kuczynski by less than 50,000 ballots.

• Friday, June 10th 2016 - 07:11 UTC

  Kuczynski becomes Peru's next president, with minimum support in Congress

  

  Former World Bank economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski won the majority of votes in Peru’s closest presidential contest in five decades, election officials announced Thursday, even as his rival Keiko Fujimori had yet to concede defeat.

• Thursday, June 9th 2016 - 09:41 UTC

  Peruvian election too close to call, and 1% of votes have been challenged

  

  Peruvians waited Wednesday to learn who their next president will be, as ex-Wall Street banker Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's camp called his lead insurmountable and controversial rival Keiko Fujimori insisted she still had a shot. Three days after Sunday's runoff election, the race to lead one of Latin America's fastest-growing economies was still too close to officially call, even though 99.5% of the ballots had been counted.

• Monday, June 6th 2016 - 07:54 UTC

  Kuczynski has a slight lead over Keiko in the Peruvian presidential runoff

  

  Economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski had a slight lead over Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of an imprisoned former president, as early results came in from Peru's presidential election on Sunday. The 77-year-old Kuczynski had 50.59% support while Fujimori had 49.41% with about 52% of votes counted.

• Friday, June 3rd 2016 - 09:30 UTC

  Peru's next president: no economic surprises with a strong dash of populism

  

  Less than a decade after Peru imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, voters will decide on Sunday whether to put his 41-year-old daughter back in the presidential palace where she once served as his first lady.

• Tuesday, May 31st 2016 - 06:34 UTC

  Keiko Fujimori seems set to become Peru's next president on June 5 runoff

  

  Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori built a significant lead over Pedro Pablo Kuczynski just one week ahead of Peru's runoff election on June 5. The latest Ipsos poll shows 43% of Peru’s voters support Fujimori, compared to 38% for Kuczynski. Fujimori’s five-point lead reflects political momentum in her favor since the same poll a week ago gave her a three-point advantage.