The Latest Breaking News from Alberto Fujimori

Peruvians go to polls hoping to break cycle of instability

Crime and corruption top voter concerns in highly unpredictable election with 35 candidates for president

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10

Peruvian state responsible for mother’s death in forced sterilisation, court rules

Landmark ruling in Celia Ramos case finds 310,000 women, most Indigenous, were targeted in brutal 1990s campaign

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6

Peru ordered to pay reparations for forced sterilization death of mom-of-three

Celia Ramos was only 34 when she died, leaving behind three daughters in her Andean village

The Independent UK · Mar 6

‘The pope is Peruvian!’ How 2 decades in South America shaped the vision of Pope Leo XIV

In his first appearance as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, the man born Robert Francis Prevost spoke for 10 minutes in Italian. Then he transitioned to Spanish and, with a big grin, gave a greeting to his “beloved diocese of Chiclayo in Peru.”

The Conversation · May 13, 2025

Mario Vargas Llosa obituary

Peruvian novelist, essayist and aspiring politician who was awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 2010

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2025

Vargas Llosa, Last Of Latin America's Literary Golden Generation

Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa was the last survivor of a golden generation of Latin American literary giants, his writing exploring universal themes often set outside his native Peru.

International Business Times · Apr 14, 2025

Peru's Ex-president Toledo Gets 20 Years For Corruption

A Peruvian court on Monday sentenced former president Alejandro Toledo to more than 20 years in prison for accepting multi-million-dollar bribes from scandal-hit Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht.

International Business Times · Oct 22, 2024

‘It’s the first time I’ve woven in 27 years’: Peruvian women revive arts lost to trauma of forced sterilisations

After the death of former president Alberto Fujimori this month, survivors still seeking justice are finding healing and hope in Indigenous weaving abandoned as a result of his policy

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

Peru Bids Farewell To Polarizing Ex-president Fujimori

The state funeral of Peru's divisive ex-president Alberto Fujimori, a major figure in Latin American politics, began Saturday in Lima, capping three days of national mourning.

International Business Times · Sep 14, 2024

‘Transformative, for better and for worse’: what’s the legacy of Peru’s Alberto Fujimori

Despite his convictions for corruption and human rights abuses, many see the president who has died at 86 as the country’s greatest leader

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2024