Tag: Keiko Fujimori

• Tuesday, January 14th 2025 - 10:31 UTC

  Peruvian court sends case against Keiko Fujimori back to square one

  

  Peru's Third Criminal Court Monday annulled Keiko Fujimori's trial for the irregular financing of her 2011 and 2016 electoral campaigns, citing a previous sentence from the Constitutional Court (TC). As per this split ruling, the case moves back to the indictment phase for Fujimori and the other more than 30 defendants.

• Friday, September 13th 2024 - 09:38 UTC

  Thousands mourn Fujimori with Peru's flag flying at half mast

  

  Thousands of Peruvians started parading before former President Alberto Fujimori's casket Thursday at the Culture Ministry in Lima to pay their last respects to the controversial conservative leader still regarded by many as the country's best head of state ever despite staging a coup d'état and being convicted for crimes against humanity.

• Monday, July 15th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

  Alberto Fujimori to run for President of Peru in 2026, daughter announces

  

  Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori will seek a third term in office in 2026, his daughter and former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori announced Sunday. Regarding her father's disenfranchisement given his numerous criminal convictions, Keiko insisted she would leave those matters up to their legal team. The octogenarian leader also faces several health issues.

• Monday, April 29th 2024 - 20:43 UTC

  Fujimori to undergo medical procedure under anesthesia

  

  Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has been hospitalized in Lima to undergo surgery for a tongue ailment after being released from the Barbadillo prison in December last year following a Constitutional Court ruling that brought his 16-year stay at the facility to an end. Fujimori was seen walking through the streets of the country's capital in good spirits on the days before his admission at the Delgado Clinic.

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Former Peruvian President back in jail after hospital discharge

  

  Alberto Fujimori has been discharged Monday from the private Lima clinic where he had been taken to earlier this month due to a heart failure and was subsequently taken back to jail, his daughter and opposition leader Keiko Fujimori announced.

• Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  Peru's President has 60% disapproval rate

  

  Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones, who became head of state in a tight runoff against Conservative Keiko Fujimori about half a year ago, has a disapproval rate of 60%, according to a survey released Sunday.

• Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Motion to vacate Peru's presidency turned down

  

  Peru's Parliament Tuesday declined to open an impeachment procedure against President Pedro Castillo Terrones after a group of rightwing lawmakers had sought to declare him as “permanently moral incapacitated.”

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Peru: Alberto Fujimori hospitalized for tests, his wife in a coma

  

  Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has been taken to a Lima clinic to undergo urgent tests, as his health seems to be deteriorating, according to his daughter and former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori.

• Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Pedro Castillo sworn in as Peru's new president

  

  Pedro Castillo Terrones has been sworn in Wednesday as Peru's new President for the 2021-2026 term just barely a week after being declared the winner of the June 6 runoff against conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Peru's President-elect outlines plans which include people from every political background

  

  Peru's President-elect Pedro Castillo Tuesday sought to calm down a shaken country just one day after being declared the winner.