Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo is sentenced to 20 years in prison for corruption
Toledo has been convicted for allegedly receiving USD 35 million from Odebrecht in exchange for the company building hundreds of kilometers of highway in Peru
Former Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori remembered as the architect of brutal repression and neoliberalism
The dictator’s legacy is celebrated by some and condemned by others. What is certain is that Fujimorism will continue to be a relevant actor in Peruvian politics for years to come.
Peruvian politician Keiko Fujimori is accused of leading a criminal organization
On Monday, Judge Juana Caballero began the trial against former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, leader of the political party Popular Force.
Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemns pardon of former dictator Alberto Fujimori
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) considered that the Constitutional Court’s decision to reinstate a controversial presidential pardon granted to former dictator Alberto Fujimori in 2017, failed to give adequate weight to the right to justice of Fujimori’s victims
Outrage in Peru following Court’s decision to release former dictator Alberto Fujimori
83-year-old Alberto Fujimori has been serving a 25-year prison sentence since 2009 for crimes against humanity and corruption committed during his regime
Why hasn’t Pedro Castillo been declared the winner of Peru’s presidential elections yet?
Pedro Castillo of the left-wing Free Peru party won the second round of presidential elections but his opponent has refused to concede and the National Jury of Elections (JNE) has not yet proclaimed him as winner.
Understanding Peru’s elections from the peasant patrols to fujimorism
500 years of colonial history, 200 years of life as a republic, and 40 years of experience of the rural and urban peasant patrols movement, to understand a subject and a process that come from afar
Peruvian agricultural workers’ strike met with violent repression
Agricultural workers are mobilizing to demand that the Peruvian government and Congress follow through on their promise to pass a law granting labor rights and ensuring better working conditions for workers in this sector
Víctor Polay: Incarceration in a Peruvian Naval Base
The political prisoner has spent the past two decades in complete isolation in a special penitentiary center on a Naval Base in Peru. Amid the spread of COVID-19 the incarcerated population is especially at risk
Peruvian Constitutional Court validates the dissolution of congress
The court declared President Martín Vizcarra’s decision to dissolve the congress constitutionally valid and announced that parliamentary elections will be held on January 26
Uncertainty looms over Peru
Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the National Congress, then the legislators retaliated and voted to suspend him
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