Despite family’s dark past, legacy of criminal abuses, Peru poised to pick another Fujimori as presi

[Judi Lynn]

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A man holds a sign during a protest targeting presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori and against the 1992 coup by her father, former President Alberto Fujimori, in downtown Lima Tuesday. Keiko Fujimori is the front-running candidate in Peru's April 10 election. The sign reads in Spanish 'Keiko Fujimori Will not go!' | AP
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Despite family’s dark past, legacy of criminal abuses, Peru poised to pick another Fujimori as president

AFP-JIJI
Apr 7, 2016

LIMA – Father is in jail for crimes against humanity. Uncles and aunts have fled corruption charges. And daughter? She is in position to follow in dad’s footsteps by becoming president of Peru.

The Fujimoris may look like one of Peru’s most dysfunctional families, but they are also one of its most powerful. And although ex-President Alberto Fujimori, 77, is in jail, his children are looking to forge a dynasty.

His daughter, Keiko, 40, is close to being elected Peru’s first woman president in elections this coming Sunday.

That is in spite — or because — of the violence and drama of Alberto Fujimori’s time as leader and in his own family.

Fujimori seized vast powers by dissolving parliament and massacring leftist opponents.

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