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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Sun Apr 10, 2016, 10:49 PM Apr 2016

Peru locked up Alberto Fujimori. Will it now elect his daughter president?

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Peru locked up Alberto Fujimori. Will it now elect his daughter president?
Simeon Tegel
on Apr 10, 2016 @ 3:30 PM

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Peru's leading presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori revs up supporters during her closing campaign rally in Lima on April 7.

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Peruvians head to the polls this Sunday under the long shadow of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori.

His daughter Keiko, 40, is the front-runner in a splintered field, with a double-digit lead and about one in three voters backing her.

That has many here worried that the Andean nation may be about to repeat one of the bleakest chapters of its history, when Alberto Fujimori’s autocratic 1990-2000 government presided over serial human rights abuses and engaged in rampant corruption.

That includes sending in tanks to close down congress, harassing critics and the forced sterilization of thousands of mainly poor and indigenous women.

The disgraced 77-year-old is currently serving a 25-year sentence for ordering the kidnapping of two of his opponents, directing death squads against terrorism suspects and using public funds to pay corrupt journalists to smear his rivals. Anti-graft investigators say $600 million of taxpayers’ money vanished without trace during Fujimori’s presidency.

Read more: http://www.globalpost.com/article/6757961/2016/04/10/peru-locked-alberto-fujimori-will-it-now-elect-his-daughter-president

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Peru locked up Alberto Fujimori. Will it now elect his daughter president? (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2016 OP

She was ahead last I checked 2naSalit Apr 2016 #1

Ugh, in the runoff it's her and the bankster. JackRiddler Apr 2016 #3

You'd like to think there is no way in hell people would be that foolish rpannier Apr 2016 #2

Kuczynski hopes not Recursion Apr 2016 #4

I was in Peru from 3/7 to 3/21... her photo is everywhere.. Oh, and the brother is also a crook and secondwind Apr 2016 #5

Forced sterilisation haunts Peruvian women decades on a la izquierda Apr 2016 #6

And once again the progressive candidate is ignored by the media LiberalLovinLug Apr 2016 #7

I wonder if she would let him out of prison WhiteTara Apr 2016 #8

2naSalit

(86,647 posts)

1. She was ahead last I checked

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sun Apr 10, 2016, 10:55 PM

Apr 2016

a couple hours ago.

JackRiddler

(24,979 posts)

3. Ugh, in the runoff it's her and the bankster.

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 11, 2016, 12:35 AM

Apr 2016

So she's going to win.

rpannier

(24,330 posts)

2. You'd like to think there is no way in hell people would be that foolish

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Apr 11, 2016, 12:11 AM

Apr 2016

But if it's not a 50%+1 election, just majority wins, she could easily be the next president
I think it's time for the other candidates to find a unity ticket

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

4. Kuczynski hopes not

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Apr 11, 2016, 04:35 AM

Apr 2016

http://in.reuters.com/article/peru-election-idINKCN0X805P

Keiko Fujimori, the conservative daughter of jailed former president Alberto Fujimori, won the first round of Peru's presidential election on Sunday but she will likely face center-right economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in a tight run-off.

Exit polls and early official results showed Fujimori with close to 40 percent support, falling well short of the 50 percent needed for an outright victory.

A quick count by polling firm Ipsos said Fujimori had 39.6 percent of the vote with Kuczynski on 21.5 percent and leftist lawmaker Veronika Mendoza on 18.7 percent.

Early results and exit polls also showed that Kuczynski, a 77-year-old former World Bank economist, had a lead for second place and a spot in the run-off, although the results could still change as more votes come in from more remote areas.

Just as a side point, the two family names of the top candidates speak a lot to Peru's amazing diversity and immigrant culture.

secondwind

(16,903 posts)

5. I was in Peru from 3/7 to 3/21... her photo is everywhere.. Oh, and the brother is also a crook and

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Apr 11, 2016, 09:14 AM

Apr 2016

running for office or has a position already.

Two of several candidates running against Fujimori have been "disqualified" because they were offering gifts in exchange for votes. [food, supplies, etc.]

Keiko is doing the same thing and nobody cares.

You can get a lot of information from cab drivers if you speak Spanish.

a la izquierda

(11,795 posts)

6. Forced sterilisation haunts Peruvian women decades on

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Apr 11, 2016, 12:04 PM

Apr 2016

Sabina Huillca, 46, sells bread on the streets of Lima.
Twenty years ago she was growing potatoes and corn and bringing up her children in her native Huayllacocha, a village in the Andes four hours by car from the provincial capital, Cuzco.
But she told me her life changed forever one day in 1996.
A doctor suggested Ms Huillca, who was heavily pregnant at the time, visit a health clinic in the town of Izcuchaca.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-34855804
Fuck Alberto Fujimori and his entire crooked family.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,174 posts)

7. And once again the progressive candidate is ignored by the media

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Apr 11, 2016, 02:09 PM

Apr 2016

Her name is Veronika Medoza.

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Peru-Attacks-on-Leftist-Veronika-Mendoza-Boost-Her-Popularity-20160402-0023.html

Media coverage has starkly shifted since the early days of the campaign, when Mendoza barely registered in the polls and was sidelined by mainstream media even after she started to gain ground on other, more well-known candidates.

Gee, who does this remind you of?

WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)

8. I wonder if she would let him out of prison

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Mon Apr 11, 2016, 03:01 PM

Apr 2016

It seems logical that she would and terrible for the future of the country.

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