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AFP - Widespread forced sterilizations during the government of Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori, supposedly in the name of progress, are at the center of an explosive new documentary out this week. "They tied me up, and they cut me here," said a
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Cusco, Peru - In September 1992, Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori accused Angelica Mendoza - a septuagenarian resident of the town of Ayacucho - of being the "ambassador to France for Senderista terrorism". Mendoza's 19-year-old son Arquimedes Ascarza
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School children run past military personnel at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Lima on April 22, 1992 as heavy security has been deployed around the hotel where a delegation of the Organization of American States has been meeting with leaders of the... View Photo »
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LIMA, Peru - It was 1996 when Micaela Flores and 15 other women from Peru's highlands accepted an ambulance ride to a Cuzco clinic, lured by the offer of a free medical checkup.
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Justice delayed for Peru sterilization victims By CARLA SALAZAR and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press By CARLA SALAZAR and FRANK BAJAK Updated: 2012-02-14T16:38:05Z Martin Mejia In this photo taken on Nov. 22, 2011, Cuzco Congresswoman Hilaria Supa, left, spe
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LIMA, Peru -- It was 1996 when Micaela Flores and 15 other women from Peru's highlands accepted an ambulance ride to a Cuzco clinic, lured by the offer of a free medical checkup. But when they arrived, the clinic's doors were locked behind them.
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Pro-Fujimori demonstrators display pictures and signs showing their support for President Alberto Fujimori's government reforms on April 22, 1992 in Lima. President Alberto Fujimori announced on April 05, 1992 the dissolution of the Congress and the... View Photo »
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WHEN Ollanta Humala was elected as Peru’s president last year, many observers feared he would reorient the country back towards its strident leftist past. On February 12th, however, he further strengthened his credentials as a centrist, when a joint poli
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About Alberto Fujimori
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Alberto Ken'ya Fujimori (Japanese name: Ken'ya Fujimori (藤森 謙也, Fujimori Ken'ya?)) (born in Lima, Peru on July 28, 1938) is a Peruvian and Japanese politician who served as President of Peru from July 28, 1990 to November 17, 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic... Full Article
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In this photo, taken 05 April, 1992, in which soldiers and tanks of the military take guard in front of the Palace of Justice in Lima, after the Peruvian President, Alberto Fujimori, dissovled the Congress and the Judicial Power. Foto tomada el 05 de abril de 1992 en la que, soldados y...
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An anti-Fujimori protestor shouts in front of a soldier in downtown Lima on April 21, 1992 moments after Peru's first vice president Maximo San Roman was sworn in as president of an alternative government. President Alberto Fujimori announced on April 05, 1992 the dissolution of the...
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Anti-Fujimori demonstrators beat a pro-Fujimori demonstrator in downtown Lima on April 21, 1992 as clashes broke out between supporters and detractors of President Alberto Fujimori's military-backed coup in front of the Sheraton Hotel where an Organization of the American States (OAS)...
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A member of the American Revolutionary Popular Alliance opposition party waves a Peruvian flag in front of soldiers on April 18, 1992 in Lima. Party members were demanding the return of their party's headquarters occupied by the military on April 05, 1992, the day President Alberto...
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Children walk past a wall with a graffiti that reads 'No to the dictatorship of Fujimori' is written on April 09, 1992 four days after President Alberto Fujimori announced the dissolution of the Congress and the suspension of the Constitution and put key opposition leaders under house arrest...
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People walk by a couple of soldiers on April 08, 1992 in downtown Lima where all activities are back to normal three days after President Alberto Fujimori announced the dissolution of the Congress and the suspension of the Constitution and put key opposition leaders under house arrest.
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Peruvian Army troops guard the main entrance of the Palace of Justice on April 07, 1992 two days after President Alberto Fujimori announced late 05 April the dissolution of the Congress and the suspension of the Constitution.
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Peruvian Army troops in armored personnel carriers are positioned on Lima's central Plaza de la Armas near the presidential palace, on April 06 , 1992 as security is beefed up one day after President Alberto Fujimori announced late 05 April the dissolution of the Congress and the suspension...
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A group of Peruvian soldiers guard on April 06 , 1992, the principal entrance of the newspaper 'El Comercio', as troops sealed off the center of Lima taking positions around the Congress, main political parties and media outlets after President Alberto Fujimori announced late 05 April the...
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A soldier is positioned at an intersection in downtown Lima, on April 07 , 1992 as local residents wait in line outside a bank. Activities in the Peruvian capital went back to normal two days after President Alberto Fujimori announced the dissolution of Congress and the suspension of...
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Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori (C) arrives on the compound of the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima 22 April 1997 after Peruvian special forces stormed the residence to free 72 hostages held by Tupac Amaru rebels for 18 weeks. Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has...
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A member of the Peruvian special forces patrols the roof of the residence of the Japanese ambassador, 22 April 1997 in Lima, as smoke billows out from the building after an explosion, after special forces storm the residence to free the 72 hostages held for 18 weeks by Tupac Amaru rebels.
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Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori (upper C) leads former hostages to waiting buses 22 April 1997 at the compound of the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima. Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has announced in an evening press conference that one hostage, two soldiers and all the...
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Members of the Peruvian special forces guide a group of hostages out of the Japanese ambassador's residence during the rescue operation in Lima, 22 April 1997. Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has announced in an evening press conference that one hostage, two soldiers and all the...
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Peruvian troops and police deploy near the residence of the Japanese ambassador, 22 April 1997 in Lima, as special forces storm the residence to free the 72 hostages held for 18 weeks by Tupac Amaru rebels. Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has announced in an evening press conference...
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Members of Peruvian special forces carry Peruvian Foreign Minister Francisco Tudela out of the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima 22 April 1997. Tudela was reportedly injured when the troops stormed the residence to free the 72 hostages held for 18 weeks by Tupac Amaru rebels.
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A man lights candles next to a placard with images of people who disappeared during the regime of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, during a demonstration in Lima December 16, 2011. The Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF) organised the cultural symbolic act named 'It's...
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This June 9, 2011 frame grab taken from Peruvian cable news video RPP News, shows former Peru's President Alberto Fujimori, center, arriving at the The National Cancer Center in Lima, Peru. The doctor treating Fujimori says the jailed former Peruvian president has not suffered any major...
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Alejandro Aguinaga, right, personal physician of Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori, arrives to speak with journalists outside the National Institute of Neoplasic Diseases in Lima, Peru, Friday, June 10, 2011. The imprisoned ex-president of Peru is being treated in a hospital...
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Presidential candidate for the 'Fuerza 2011' party, Keiko Fujimori daughter of former (now jailed) president (1990-2000), Alberto Fujimori, speaks during a rally in Lima, Peru on June 2, 2011. The latest election polls in Peru predict a technical draw between leftist Ollanta Humala and...
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Pro-Fujimori demonstrators display pictures and signs showing their support for President Alberto Fujimori's government reforms on April 22, 1992 in Lima. President Alberto Fujimori announced on April 05, 1992 the dissolution of the Congress and the suspension of the Constitution in a...
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