Tag: Susana Villaran

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  Ex Lima mayor jailed after admitting benefiting from the Odebrecht corruption network in Peru

  

  A Peruvian judge on Tuesday sentenced former Lima mayor Susana Villaran to 18 months' preventive detention for accepting illegal campaign funds from Brazilian construction firms Odebrecht and OAS. The Odebrecht bribery scandal, which has washed through Latin America, runs deep in Peru, where the country's last four presidents are accused of receiving illegal payoffs.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 07:20 UTC

  Peruvian capital Lima’s first woman mayor narrowly survives recall vote

  

  The first woman mayor of Peru's capital Lima, Susana Villaran, has narrowly survived a vote to depose her from office, exit polls suggest. They indicate that Ms Villaran was backed by about over 50% of voters.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 13:10 UTC

  Woman mayor takes office in Lima, Peru’s most populated city

  

  Susana Villaran took office this week as the first popularly elected female mayor of Lima, in a ceremony attended by Peruvian President Alan Garcia and former U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2010 - 20:50 UTC

  A third of Peruvians have opted for a moderate, female mayor

  

  A moderate leftist who gained renown as a human rights advocate consolidated what remained a narrow lead (0.81%) Tuesday over her pro-business rival. Whoever wins, Lima will have its first elected female mayor ever.