Fujimori Gives Peru Its Best Shot at Breaking Cycle of Presidential Chaos

Keiko Fujimori is about to take on one of Latin America’s most perilous political jobs as the new president of Peru.

By Carla Samon Ros

Keiko Fujimori sworn in as Peru’s ninth president in 10 years

Conservative daughter of former dictator becomes latest rightwing leader in Latin America

Keiko Fujimori sworn in as president of Peru

The conservative 51-year-old, who was sworn in as Peru's ninth president in ten years, has proposed fighting crime by expelling undocumented people, setting up courts with anonymous judges and making prisoners work for their food.

Keiko Fujimori is inaugurated as Peru's president following a narrow election victory

The 51-year-old daughter of the late former President Alberto Fujimori, Peru's new conservative leader has pledged to fight crime with an "iron fist."

By The Associated Press

Keiko Fujimori sworn in as Peru president after narrow election win

Fujimori takes office promising an iron-fisted crackdown on crime, as critics fear a return to her father's tactics.

Keiko Fujimori sworn in as president of Peru following narrow election victory

Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru’s ninth president in a decade at an official ceremony in Lima on Tuesday, Agence France-Presse journalists observed. The conservative 51-year-old won June’s run-off by fewer than 50,000 votes and will govern until 2031. Fujimori, the daughter of a former president jailed for human rights abuses, will become Peru’s ninth president in a decade. The 51-year-old is hoping to stabilise the country’s turbulent politics. Over the past decade, only three of Peru’s...

By Agencies

Keiko Fujimori takes office as president of Peru with the promise of a ‘safe, prosperous, and united’ country

The historic inauguration marks the return of Fujimorism after almost 30 years and makes the new leader the first woman elected by popular vote to lead the country

By Renzo Gómez Vega

Peru's Fujimori takes power, extending Latin America's rightward tilt

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) -- Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru's president Tuesday, becoming the latest in a string of conservative leaders elected across Latin America by voters frustrated by crime, weak economic growth and political instability. The 51-year-old daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori is Peru's first-ever elected ‌female head of state. Her victory in June's presidential runoff marked the return of one of Peru's most influential and polarizing political dynasties and capped a

By The Korea Herald

Fujimori sworn in, giving Peru shot to break cycle of chaos

She becomes the ninth president in a decade where every leader since the 1990s has been impeached, imprisoned or targeted in criminal investigations.

Keiko Fujimori Takes Office as Peru’s President

On July 28, twenty-six years after her father, Alberto Fujimori, resigned by fax from Japan, Keiko Fujimori becomes the first woman President of Peru. The post Keiko Fujimori Takes Office as Peru’s President appeared first on Havana Times.

By Circles Robinson