An enigmatic and deeply divisive figure, he was not a dictator per se, but he ruled in an authoritarian and populist manner, broke all the rules, and was convicted of violating human rights with death squads
A former military officer and a lawyer for drug traffickers in the 1980s, Vladimiro Montesinos became intelligence chief after Fujimori was elected president in 1990
The authoritarian drift of the president and the radical nature of the announced measures are taking their toll on the far-right: the social climate is effervescent and he has fallen in the polls
The release of Alberto Fujimori, the anniversary of Pedro Castillo’s self-coup, the suspension of the nation’s top prosecutor and Dina Boluarte’s first year in power have sparked a new cycle of protests
The president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights had requested Peru not to carry out the order to release the 85-year-old, who was convicted of crimes against humanity
The government of Dina Boluarte will follow the Constitutional Court ruling that calls for the former Peruvian president, who is convicted of crimes against humanity, to be released from prison
Fujimori had been accused of being the mastermind behind the slayings of 25 Peruvians by a military death squad during his administration from 1990 to 2000, while the government fought the Shining Path
More than 270,000 women had their tubes tied without their consent during the Fujimori regime
The National Security Archive says the current political crisis ‘demonstrates that the problems and legacies of Peru’s violent past are still very present today’
The former president is accused of being the leader of a criminal organization. This legal decision comes on top of the 18-month preventive prison term for the alleged crime of rebellion
With the exception of a couple of interim presidents who held office briefly, the rest of the country’s modern leaders have suffered tragic fates, including jail terms, exile, or death by suicide
Two ministers have resigned following the deaths of 21 protestors, while the Peruvian Congress voted down a proposal hold early elections
The death toll from street protests continued to rise while a judge granted prosecutors’ request to extend jail time for the impeached president
Arrested following a failed coup attempt, the former president is convinced he is a victim of political persecution and will be reinstated despite facing up to 50 years in jail
Pedro Castillo ended up under arrest and charged with rebellion after his failed attempt to dissolve Congress and install an emergency government