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Peru's ex-president returned home to face corruption charges

Former President Alejandro Toledo has arrived in Lima after being extradited from the United States to face charges he allegedly received millions of dollars in bribes in a giant corruption scandal that has ensnared four of Peru’s ex-presidents

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Peru's Toledo returns home to join two other former heads of state in jail

Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo returned on Sunday to Peru from the United States, becoming the third head of state to be imprisoned as the South American country seeks to shake off years of corruption by its rulers.

Reuters

Peru set to jail third ex-president as Toledo awaits extradition from U.S.

A U.S. court rejected an appeal by former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo to stall his extradition over corruption charges, making it likely that he will be the third former leader to be held in a purpose-built jail in Lima.

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Peru’s Castillo to serve 3 years of pre-trial detention

Recently ousted former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was given three years of pre-trial detention on Thursday for allegedly working to rig public works contracts while in office.

Tribune News Service

As Peru descends into violent turmoil, California immigrants take sides

LOS ANGELES — In the two months since Peru’s leftist former president Pedro Castillo was arrested, driven from office and replaced by his vice-president, Dina Boluarte, protests in the South American nation have grown and spread from the Andean hinterlands to the streets of the capital, Lima.

Los Angeles Times

Peru protests: What to know about Indigenous-led movement shaking the crisis-hit country

Peru is in the midst of a political and civil crisis. Weeks of protest have culminated in thousands descending on the capital amid violent clashes and running battles with police.

The Conversation

Fight for justice: Peruvian women sterilised simply for being ‘poor’

In Peru, approximately 270,000 women and 22,000 men were sterilised between 1996 and 2000 as the result of a controversial birth control policy. The goal of ex-President Alberto Fujimori and his administration was to reduce poverty. But thousands of indigenous women, who did not always speak Spanish, say they were…

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Castillo’s Ouster Is Not the End of Peru’s Political Crisis

The unfortunate truth is that Peru’s political crisis will likely get worse before it gets better.

Foreign Policy

Peru’s deadly protests: what is happening and why are people so angry?

Protests erupted after the president, Pedro Castillo, was ousted in December after attempting to temporarily suspend congress

The Guardian - US

Peru's ex-president faced bigotry for impoverished past

Peru’s poor, mainly peasants and Indigenous people, had hoped that Pedro Castillo’s victory last year in a runoff presidential election would redress their plight or at least end their invisibility

The Independent UK

Impeached, jailed, wanted: President is a dangerous job in Peru

Even in Latin America, a region known for political instability, Peru stands out.

Tribune News Service

Peru swears in Boluarte as new president after Castillo’s ‘coup’ attempt fails

Peru’s sixth president in four years starts her first day in office seeking to build a cabinet and restore confidence in the $240 billion economy after her predecessor tried to suspend congress and call for a new constitution.

Tribune News Service

Peru's Castillo detained in same jail as ex-leader Fujimori, source says

Ousted Peruvian leader Pedro Castillo has been detained in a police prison in Lima where another former president, Alberto Fujimori, is also being held, a judicial source told Reuters on Thursday.

Reuters

Factbox-Peru's presidents and years of political turmoil

Peru, the world's No.2 copper producer and for years one of Latin America's fastest growing economies, has seen a series of presidents ousted from office or imprisoned on allegations of corruption over the past three decades.

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The Independent UK

Peru's ex-presidential candidate Fujimori announces divorce

Former Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori has revealed she is ending her marriage to her Peruvian-American husband, Mark Villanella

The Guardian - UK

Author Mario Vargas Llosa backs Bolsonaro over Lula in Brazil election

Peruvian writer criticises incumbent’s ‘clowning around’ but says he is still preferable to former president

Reuters

Peru's Castillo renews unlikely push to redraft the constitution

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo said on Friday that he will seek to ask citizens in October whether they want to rewrite the country's market-friendly constitution, renewing a campaign promise that he had all but abandoned in office.

The Independent UK

Rights court orders Peru not to release jailed ex-president

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has ordered Peru to “refrain” from releasing imprisoned former president Alberto Fujimori despite a ruling by the South American country’s Constitutional Court that he be freed

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Inter-American Court orders Peru not to release Fujimori from prison

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) on Friday confirmed a ruling ordering Peru not to release jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori, who was on the verge of leaving prison last month after a presidential pardon was reinstated.

The Independent UK

Peru won't free Fujimori at request of regional rights court

Peruvian authorities say they will comply with a request from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to not release former President Alberto Fujimori from prison until it can examine the case

Reuters

Peru should not release jailed ex-President Fujimori, says Inter-American Court

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) on Wednesday ruled that Peru should not release jailed former President Alberto Fujimori until further notice, according to a decision shared with Reuters by a human rights activist.

The Independent UK

Peru judge bars Fujimori from leaving country once released

A Peruvian judge has banned former President Alberto Fujimori from leaving the country for 18 months as soon as he leaves a prison where he has been serving a 25-year sentence for murder

The Independent UK

Peruvian court OKs prison release for ex-President Fujimori

Peru's Constitutional Court has approved the release from prison of former President Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year sentence for murder and corruption charges

Reuters

Peru top court approves recourse for jailed ex President Fujimori to leave prison -source, media

Peru's top constitutional court approved on Thursday a legal recourse that allows former President Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a prison sentence for rights violations, to be freed, a court source said on Thursday.

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