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USA: STATE DEPARTMENT PERU CRISIS PRESS BRIEFING
English/Nat
The White House has expressed its support Monday of embattled Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori.
A day after 51 soldiers staged a rebellion in remote southern Peru, President Fujimori is still awaiting the outcome of the...
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PERU: PRESIDENT FUJIMORI INTERVIEW
Spanish/Eng/Nat
Peruvian President and presidential candidate Alberto Fujimori has spoken exclusively to APTN - the first time he has been talking to the press since Sunday's presidential election.
The election gave him a generous lead...
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PERU: MONTESINOS: CORRUPTION CHARGES
Spanish/Nat
A member of the congressional commission investigating corruption charges against Peru's ex-spy chief has resigned after a video apparently showed him being bribed by a person linked to former spy chief Vladimir...
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Peru - Fujimori Seeks Another Five Years / Backgro
Strongman Fujimori seeks another five years
Peruvians were voting on Sunday (9/4) to decide if President
Alberto Fujimori deserves another five years to implement his
free-market economic model and govern the country with his...
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Relatives of victims of massacres hold vigil ahead of Fujimori sentence
1. Wide of candlelight vigil by relatives of the victims of massacres in Barrios Altos and La Cantuta university in 1991 and 1992 under former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's regime
2. People shouting: (Spanish) "For justice, for...
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End of Humala''s campaign, Fujimori''s daughter campaigning
1. Wide of rally
2. People waving flags at a rally zoom into Presidential Candidate Ollanta Humala
3. Wide of people at rally
4. Medium of Humala and wife carrying pot which is representative of his party
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish)...
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Peru - Fujimori denies he will release rebels
Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori "emphatically" denied on Thursday (20/3) he was willing to release rebel prisoners to end the three-month hostage crisis, dampening hopes for a quick solution to the standoff.
WS residence;
Red Cross...
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PERU: LIMA: DEMOLITION OF JAPANESE AMBASSADOR'S MANSION BEGINS (2)
Spanish/Nat
The demolition of the Japanese ambassador's mansion in Peru's capital Lima where leftist rebels held 72 hostages for more than four months began on Tuesday.
Plans to replace it with a Park of Peace have been put forward but...
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PERU: US DRUG CZAR BARRY MCCAFFEY VISIT
Spanish/Eng/Nat
The U-S drug czar Barry McCaffrey has arrived in Peru as part of a whistle stop tour of Latin America.
He arrived from Bolivia Wednesday evening and began his schedule on Thursday with a private audience with President...
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PERU: LIMA: DEMONSTRATORS MARCH IN SUPPORT OF THE HOSTAGES
Natural Sound
Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Lima on Wednesday in support of the hostages and Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori.
The demonstration came as seven more hostages were released from the Japanese ...
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PERU: ARMED FORCES DECLARE SUPPORT FOR FUJIMORI
Spanish/Nat
The Peruvian armed forces have declared their support for President Alberto Fujimori, ending days of silence over his announced decision to call new elections and not run again.
In a one-page communique, the commanders of the...
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Fmr VP says Fujimori ignored anon intelligence report of massacre
AP Television
1. Various of entrance to National Police Special Operations Administration building, where former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is being tried
2. Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori arriving in court
3....
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PERU: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
As Sunday's elections in Peru draw nearer, President Alberto Fujimori is finding that his tough stance against terrorism is serving him well.
Peruvians credit Fujimori with pulling Peru back from the brink of anarchy in...
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PERU: NOVELIST MARIO VARGAS LLOSA RETURNS HOME TO BURY MOTHER
Spanish/Nat
World-famous Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa has returned to his country from self-imposed exile to bury his mother.
Dora Llosa de Vargas- was buried Thursday after dying from cerebral aneurysm the previous day.
It was...
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PERU: LIMA: GUARANTOR COMMISSION SEEK SOLUTION TO HOSTAGE CRISIS
Spanish/Eng/Nat
Japanese observer Terusuke Terada met with Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori Friday a day after the president again ruled out flexibility on a hostage-for-prisoners swap.
Meanwhile, two members of the guarantor...
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PERU: LORI BERENSON PRISON SENTENCE UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
More than four years after hooded military judges convicted American Lori Berenson of planning a rebel attack, Peru's military overturned her life sentence and cleared the way for a new, civilian trial.
The 30-year-old New...
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PERU: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS UPDATE: TOLEDO
Spanish/Nat
Fraud was on the lips of Peruvians on the streets of the capital Lima today after election officials said President Alberto Fujimori was just shy of the majority of votes needed to win a third term.
This comes after exit...
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LATIN AMERICA: REACTION TO YITZHAK RABIN ASSASSINATION
Spanish/Nat
The assassination of Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has caused widespread consternation throughout Latin America.
The leaders of the region flocked to Israeli embassies to express their condolences and their full...
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PERU: FUJIMORI DISCUSSES MONTESINOS
Spanish/Nat
Peru's President Alberto Fujimori said that Vladimiro Montesinos, his fugitive ex-spy chief remains on the run and new evidence shows he has U-S 10 (M) million dollars in foreign accounts in addition to allegedly illicit...
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PERU: PRINCESS NORI:CENTENERY CEREMONY OF JAPANESE EMIGRATION
Spanish/Nat
Japanese-Peruvians and others have been celebrating the 100th anniversary of the beginning of Japanese emigration to Peru.
The ceremony in the Peruvian capital on Sunday commemorated the arrival of about
790 Japanese in...
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JAPAN: FUJIMORI MAKES SURPRISE STOPOVER 2
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Peru's embattled President, Alberto Fujimori, made a surprise stopover in the Japanese capital Tokyo on his way home from a trade summit in Brunei.
The unscheduled stop has fuelled rumours that he may be seeking political...
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PERU: PRESIDENT OPPOSES GUERRILLA LEADER RE-TRIAL IN CIVILIAN COURT
Spanish/Nat
Peru's President Alberto Fujimori says he won't allow a jailed guerrilla leader to be retried in a civilian court.
A court in Peru has ruled that Abimael Guzman, head of the Shining Path guerrilla group should stand trial...
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PERU: STUDENTS PROTEST AGAINST FUJIMORI'S RE-ELECTION ATTEMPTS
Spanish/Nat
Thousands of students gathered in front of the Peruvian Congress on Wednesday to protest against President Fujimori's attempts to run for a third term in office
On Thursday the Congress will discuss a law approved in 1996 by...
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PERU: LIMA: INTER-AMERICAN PRESS SOCIETY ARRIVES TO MEET JOURNALISTS
Spanish/Nat
Alleged abuses of press freedom in Peru prompted the arrival on Wednesday of the Inter-American Press Society (SIP) to meet with journalists and later with President Alberto Fujimori.
The SIP, headed by Miami Herald editor...