Authoritarian leader later convicted of human rights abuses revived economy and crushed Shining Path rebels
Authoritarian leader later convicted of human rights abuses revived economy and defeated Shining Path rebelsThe hardline conservative led the South American nation in 1990-2000, during which he oversaw an economic revival and crushed the Shining Path guerrilla group while exerting an authoritarian grip on the country’s politics.
In 2009 he was convicted of human rights abuses and corruption during his tenure and given a 25-year sentence. “After a long battle with cancer, our father Alberto Fujimori has just met the lord,” his daughter Keiko Fujimori, also a prominent politician, wrote on X, in a message also signed by his three other children. “We ask those who appreciated him that they accompany us in praying for his soul’s eternal rest.” An agronomist of Japanese descent, Mr Fujimori came to power following an economic crisis known in Peru as the “lost decade”. Output contracted by about a quarter in 1987-1990, while hyperinflation led the country to abandon its currency and introduce the nuevo sol, which Peru still uses, in 1991.in December last year on humanitarian grounds over his ailing health and left jail on the outskirts of the capital Lima last year in an oxygen mask. Mr Fujimori had been pardoned in December 2017 by then-president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, though he was returned to prison when the supreme court overturned the pardon amid pressure from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The former president remained a towering figure in Peruvian politics until his death. His daughter in July announced her intention to run for president in 2026.in the race for the presidency in 1990. His family’s origins made him popular among Peru’s peasant masses, descendants of Inca tribes, who felt marginalised by the country’s white elite that traced their roots to Europe. Mr Fujimori attacked the country’s two pressing problems: economic collapse, including 7,500 per cent annual inflation; and Shining Path, which controlled a third of the country and terrorised the rest. Citing the need for no-holds-barred policies and backed by army tanks, Fujimori dissolved congress and suspended the constitution in 1992, taking on dictatorial powers. When the founder and leader of the Shining Path, Abimael Guzmán, was captured that year and the group’s back broken, Mr Fujimori paraded the guerrilla chief in prison pinstripes. In 1995 under international pressure to restore democracy, Mr Fujimori reinstated congress. The key to his downfall was his closeness to shadowy intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos. In September 2000 a videotape surfaced showing Mr Montesinos bribing an opposition congressman with $15,000 to support Mr Fujimori. Hundreds more videotapes emerged, all recorded by the intelligence chief to keep track of his bribes. Seeing the writing on the wall, Mr Fujimori, while on a visit to Brunei, fled to Japan in November 2000 and was granted citizenship because of his parentage. He resigned the Peruvian presidency by fax, but Peru’s congress ruled that he had shown “moral incapacity” and called for his extradition. It said there was evidence he had full knowledge of death squads attached to Mr Montesinos and his intelligence service.Mr Fujimori said he was innocent, blaming Mr Montesinos, and always said he had hoped to return to Peru “in an active role”. Instead, he was arrested in 2005 while visiting Chile and extradited to Peru.Extension of Trump-era tax cuts will add $5.5tn to US’s already ballooning debtApple warned Government of ‘real threat to Ireland’ from countries trying to lure multinationals away Spray foam insulation: as 300,000 UK homeowners are left in a tight spot, Irish surveyors have their own warningsCristiano Ronaldo’s criticism of Manchester United’s situation brushed off by Erik ten HagRoad safety classes to begin for transition year students amid crash-deaths concern
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