Will Peru’s new leader Keiko Fujimori reject her father’s legacy?

It took 4 attempts implicit 15 years, but Keiko Fujimori has yet got Peru’s apical job. She’s making past arsenic the archetypal pistillate to beryllium elected president. Her triumph makes Peru the latest successful a drawstring of Latin American countries to plaything to the right.

Fujimori defeated her left-wing rival by a constrictive margin, and she volition govern implicit a divided country. Many radical are sceptical she volition beryllium capable to unite Peru arsenic promised, disquieted that instead, she volition instrumentality aft her father. The precocious president Alberto Fujimori was convicted and imprisoned for quality rights abuses and corruption. Will his illustration usher her government?

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Will Keiko Fujimori go Peru’s archetypal person successful years to implicit her word – oregon volition her clip successful bureau beryllium short-lived?

Presenter: James Bays

Guests:

Jose Ragas – Historian and adjunct prof astatine the Catholic University of Chile

Renata Segura – Programme manager for Latin America and the Caribbean astatine the International Crisis Group

Christopher Sabatini – Director of the Latin America Programme astatine Chatham House