Keiko Fujimori
Sex Worker Seeking Election in Peru Promises to Turn Congress into a ‘Respectable Brothel’
Angela Villón has been one of the congressional candidates in Sunday's general elections who has received most nationwide attention ahead of Sunday's general elections.
Keiko Fujimori’s Chances of Becoming Peru’s President Depend on Her Jailed Dad’s Legacy
Her position as the favorite to win Sunday's first round presidential vote lies in the nostalgia many Peruvians feel for her father, Alberto Fujimori. But the hard right former president imprisoned for abuses during his rule, is also widely hated.
Allegations of Giving Voters Cash Could Disqualify Peru’s Presidential Frontrunner
The expulsion of Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of jailed hard-right former president Alberto Fujimori, would plunge the elections into chaos. Not doing so would shred what little credibility the electoral authorities have left.
Peru's Presidential Race Is Facing Turmoil After a Key Candidate Is Barred From Running
The electoral authorities banned Julio Guzmán's candidacy on a minor technicality. He had recently emerged as the only contender capable of challenging frontrunner Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of the jailed hard-right former president Alberto Fuj
An Alleged Killer, a Plagiarist, and a Jailed Ex-Leader's Kid: Meet Peru's Presidential Field
Voting is compulsory and alcohol sales are banned during the weekend of the election so Peruvians will have to swallow these candidates without a stiff drink.
Peru's Booming Cocaine Business Is Turning It Into Latin America's Newest Narco State
A top trafficker suddenly released from jail, audios suggesting the use of army helicopters being used to transport cocaine, and presidential candidates haunted by alleged links to the business — the evidence is mounting up.
The Year the 'Pink Tide' Turned: Latin America in 2015
A new right wing president in Argentina and the gathering force of the opposition in Venezuela has left the longtime dominance of leftist governments in Latin America looking shaky.
Justice Might Just Be Possible in the Case of Mass Forced Sterilizations in Peru
Nobody has ever faced charges for a forced sterlization campaign launched by the far-right Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori in the 90s which rights groups say involved more than 270,000 people. Now prosecutors are investigating some of the cases.