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PERU: VOTE RIGGING ALLEGATIONS
Spanish/Nat
Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is facing allegations of vote rigging just before his country goes to the polls for Presidential elections.
Hundreds of ballot papers have been discovered already marked with Fujimori's...
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Peru: Bodies: Forensic experts exhumed the bodies of three Peruvian terrorists
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Forensic experts exhumed the bodies of three Peruvian terrorists on Tuesday to look for evidence they were illegally executed.
The exhumations are part of an investigation by Peruvian authorities to uncover if the then ...
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PERU: PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI ACCUSES REBELS OF EXTORTION
Spanish/Nat
Peru's President Alberto Fujimori on Wednesday accused the hostage-takers in Lima of trying to extort money from Japanese businesses.
The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, or M-R-T-A, leapt from relative obscurity last...
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PERU: CONTROL OF PERUVIAN CONGRESS CHANGES
Spanish/Nat
Opposition politicians took control of the Peruvian Congress from President Alberto Fujimori on Thursday, further undermining his tenuous grasp on power and opening the path to his possible removal from office on...
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PERU: STUDENT TEACHERS & PENSIONERS STAGE PROTEST
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Students, teachers and pensioners took to the streets of Peru to protest against what they claim is an increasingly anti-democratic measures, low salaries and cuts in benefits.
Peru's riot police kept a close watch of the...
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PERU: ANNUAL INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE
Spanish/Nat
Peru's President Alberto Fujimori has celebrated Peru's annual independence day with a military display in Lima which lasted over two hours.
Fujimori is still reaping the rewards of having captured Shining Path's leader...
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Alleged extra-judicial executions during 1997 hostage rescue
Lima, 22 February 2012
1. Various of Peruvian government officials entering room and taking seats for news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Juan Jimenez, Peru's Minister of Justice:
"We have just received notification by the...
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Peruvian legislators sworn in at Congress
1. Congress building and a newly elected congressman arriving on a horse
2. Mid-shot of congressman arriving
3. Congresswoman Paulina Arpasi elected by Toledo's party (Peru Posible)
4. Congressmen Anel Townsend, Jose Luis Requena and...
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BOLIVIA: 2 DAY RIO GROUP SUMMIT UPDATE
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Eleven Latin American presidents denounced a new U-S law designed to isolate Cuba's economy - despite efforts by an American envoy to soften the statement.
Many of the Latin leaders attending the two-day Rio Group summit had...
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Former security advisor to Montesinos testifies against ex-President Fujimori
The ex-spy chief for former Peru President Alberto Fujimori took the stand on Friday as part of Fujimori's anti-corruption trial, but refused to testify as a witness.
68-year-old Vladimiro Montesinos told the judges he wouldn't answer...
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PERU: LIMA: TALKS TO END 10 WEEK HOSTAGE CRISIS CONTINUE
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In what appeared to be their most positive meeting yet, a Peruvian government representative and leftist rebels discussed humanitarian issues during talks to end the 10-week embassy hostage standoff.
The talks were the...
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Demos in Lima, congress members comment
9 Nov 2005
1. Marches in downtown Lima
2. Various of rally in front of Peruvian Congress
3. Street peddler Rosa Garcia shouting " Chile, our friend. Return the Chinese rat" (Fujimori, of Japanese descent, is known as 'el Chino' or 'the...
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PERU: LIMA: REVOLUTIONARY GROUPS ARE STILL ACTIVE
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Despite the Peruvian government's success in fighting insurgency, the country's two rebel movements have not been completely crushed as President Alberto Fujimori had promised.
The top leaders of both the Shining Path and...
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PERU: FUJIMORI DISMISSED BY LAWMAKERS
Spanish/Nat
Outraged lawmakers in Peru have dismissed President Alberto Fujimori in a raucous session of Congress, refusing to accept his resignation and declaring him morally unfit for office.
Though a political humiliation for the...
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OAS observers' news conference on the elections
1. Wide of square where President Elect Ollanta Humala supporters celebrated on Sunday night
2. People reading at newspaper stand
3. Medium of newspapers reading (Spanish) "Yes, we can" and "Ollanta, on his way to the palace"
4. Close of...
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WRAP Updates with new footage
1. Various of Toledo holding a meeting with press and international observers
2.Toledo coming out of an elevator walking towards the media
3. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Alejandro Toledo, Presidential Candidate,
"The political context in which...
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Security, pro-Fujimori protest
1. Zoom out from followers of former Peruvian president, Alberto Fujimori standing on street holding flags, banners and chanting while police watch
2. Police officer standing on street with shield, Fujimori followers waving flags and...
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PERU: FUJIMORI PROMISES TO USE EMERGENCY ANTI CRIME POWERS
Spanish/Nat
Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori says he will use emergency anti-crime powers to defeat criminals in the same way he defeated Marxist Shining Path guerrillas.
As a first step, Fujimori has promised to extend the powers of...
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PERU: LIMA: HOSTAGE CRISIS: MRTA AGREE TO TALKS WITH GOVERNMENT
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The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) has agreed in principle to begin direct talks with Peru's Government.
But they claim the Government's refusal to release their Marxist comrades from prison is blocking...
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PERU: OAS AGREE TO BEGIN TALKS
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A high-level mission from the Organization of American States brokered an agreement for face-to-face negotiations between President Alberto Fujimori's government and its opponents to push forward democratic reforms in...
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CUBA: HAVANA: IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT - DELEGATES ARRIVE
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European and Latin American heads of state have begun arriving in Havana amid heavy security ahead of Monday's Ibero-American summit.
The summit is expected to boost Cuba's charismatic leader, Fidel Castro's international...
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PERU: LIEUTENANT COLONEL OLLANTA HUMALA
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Lieutenant-Colonel Ollanta Humala arrived back in the Peruvian capital, Lima, on Saturday after a month and a half on the run.
The Peruvian army officer had led an attempted uprising in October against the government of...
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PERU: ANCIENT INCA SITES WILL BE RESTORED THANKS TO UNESCO FUND
Spanish/Nat
Peru's ancient Inca sites are to get a much-needed face lift thanks to the United Nations.
The pre-Inca city of Chan Chan and the Temple of the Sun and Moon will be restored to their former glory following UNESCO'S...
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PERU: FORMER SECURITY CHIEF MONTESINOS: FILE MATERIAL
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Peru's former security chief, widely thought to be the most powerful man in Peru, arrived back in his home country on Monday deepening a political crisis and further endangering President Alberto Fujimori's already shaky hold...