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Puno: what do people think about Fujimori’s return?

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Views from the streets of Puno about Alberto Fujimori’s arrest in Chile. Interesting link: Altiplano Politico

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November 18th, 2005 at 6:40 pm

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IMA November 2005: Fujimori in the polls (Lima & Callao)

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November 18th, 2005 at 11:34 am

Latin American ex-presidents

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An interesting analysis of Latin American ex-presidents with “a strange propensity to return and seek power again, long after their disgrace” is available at: Farce

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November 18th, 2005 at 8:08 am

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Japan PM does not have time to meet with President of Peru

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According to the Japan Times, the remarks from Prime Minister Koizumi confirm earlier media reports that Japan rejected Peru’s request to meet during the APEC summit.

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November 18th, 2005 at 7:54 am

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan: Alberto Fujimori does not receive preferential treatement

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Tomohiko Taniguchi, portavoz del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Japón, aclaró que su país no tiene interés en defender al Alberto Fujimori. En declaraciones a la agencia EFE manifestó que: “Fujimori como ciudadano japonés tiene derecho a la atención de funcionarios consulares de Japón y podrá contar con la ciudadanía japonesa hasta que decida renunciar a ella”.

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November 16th, 2005 at 1:26 pm

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March demanding Fujimori’s extradition in Lima

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Source: La República, 16 de noviembre del 2005. (Marcos Rojas y Yanina Patricio).
People marched peacefully from Plaza Dos de Mayo to Palacio de Justicia, then to the Embassy of Chile in Lima on November 15, 2005 to deliver a document demanding the extradition of Alberto Fujimori from Chile. Estimated number of participants varies from 2,000, according to El Comercio and 12,000, according to La Republica. Mario Huaman and Jose Luis Gorriti from CGTP, Francisco Soberon from Coordinadora de Derechos Humanos and other leaders accompanied the families of La Cantuta and Barrios Altos victims. It is our understanding that there were no representatives from political parties. Similar marches took place in Cuzco, Arequipa, Chiclayo y Tacna.

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November 16th, 2005 at 9:13 am

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Se rechaza solicitud de extradición contra Fujimori por abandono de cargo

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La Corte Suprema de Justicia del Perú denegó el día de hoy la primera solicitud de extradición remitida por la Procuraduría Anticorrupción contra Alberto Fujimori por el presunto delito de abandono de cargo vía fax en noviembre del año 2000.

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November 15th, 2005 at 2:38 pm

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Ministry of Foreign Relations of Japan: Questions on the state of diplomatic relations between Japan and Peru

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November 15th, 2005 at 11:16 am

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Fujimori was planning to land in Lima instead of Santiago on November 6th

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Peruvian authorities have reported Alberto Fujimori’s flight route had as final destination Lima, Peru. The route was changed at the last minute to Santiago, Chile.

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November 14th, 2005 at 4:42 pm

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Chileans in favor of Fujimori’s extradition

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Según una encuesta publicada ayer por el diario La Tercera de Chile, el 76% de los entrevistados considera que el ex presidente Alberto Fujimori debe ser extraditado al Perú, mientras que el 17% opina que debe ser devuelto a Japón.
El estudio mostró también que el 80% de los entrevistados está de acuerdo con la frase “Fujimori es un problema de los peruanos, no de Chile”; el 77% piensa que Fujimori aprovechó las tensiones entre el Perú y Chile para aterrizar en Santiago, y un 63% considera que su presencia en Chile complica aun más las relaciones entre ambos países.
En el sondeo realizado entre el 10 y 11 de noviembre, 6 de cada 10 personas consultadas por el Centro de Encuestas de La Tercera dijeron que en Chile Alberto Fujimori será sometido a un juicio justo.

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November 14th, 2005 at 11:31 am

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Open Letter to President Lagos

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Sr. Ricardo Lagos,
Presidente de la República de Chile.
Distinguido Señor Presidente,
Los abajo firmantes, estudiosos de la problemática peruana y latinoamericana, hemos recibido la noticia del arribo del ex presidente peruano Alberto Fujimori a suelo chileno con sorpresa y consternación. El señor Alberto Fujimori es un prófugo de la justicia peruana con orden internacional de captura. Las acusaciones en su contra son numerosas, y van desde el uso indebido de fondos estatales hasta homicidio. El ex presidente Fujimori, como cualquier otro ciudadano de cualquier país civilizado, tiene derecho a la presunción de inocencia. Pero, asimismo, tiene la obligación de enfrentar la justicia peruana para responder sobre los graves cargos en su contra.
Notamos con satisfacción la rápida acción de la justicia chilena al detener al ex presidente Fujimori. Esperamos fervientemente que la justicia chilena siga mostrando su compromiso con los tratados internacionales y bilaterales, y acceda al pedido de extradición del gobierno peruano para que el ex presidente Fujimori enfrente la justicia de este país.
Atentamente,

Firmas…..
To add your signature to this letter contact Julio Carrion providing your e-mail address and institutional affiliation (for identification purposes, only).

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November 14th, 2005 at 9:11 am

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APOYO November 2005: Fujimori in the polls (results for Lima)

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Encuesta realizada por Apoyo Opinion y Mercado para el Comercio y Opinion Data, 10-11 de noviembre del 2005. Muestra: 1618 personas en las principales ciudades del Peru.
Source: El Comercio, 13 de noviembre del 2005

Enfoque: Fujimori no conmueve al electora
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Alfredo Torres, Apoyo, Opinión y Mercado
El Comercio, 13 de noviembre del 2005

El sorpresivo viaje de Alberto Fujimori a Chile tenía como evidente propósito recuperar protagonismo en el escenario político nacional, a cinco meses de las elecciones generales. Si bien su impacto mediático ha sido notable, su efecto en la opinión pública ha sido bastante menor.
Apoyo ha venido midiendo el respaldo a Fujimori de tres maneras: simpatías, potencial electoral e intención de voto para el Congreso. En los tres indicadores los resultados de noviembre no muestran variaciones significativas respecto de mediciones anteriores. Actualmente el 18% de la población señala que Fujimori es el político con el que más simpatiza, cifra similar a la obtenida en octubre (17%). En cuanto a su potencial electoral, el 14% declara que definitivamente votaría por él si pudiese ser candidato y el 60% que definitivamente no lo haría, porcentajes similares a los obtenidos en agosto (15% y 58%, respectivamente). El respaldo al fujimorismo para el Congreso ha disminuido de 15% a 12%.
En cuanto a su imagen de culpabilidad: dos de cada tres peruanos lo considera culpable tanto de enriquecimiento ilícito como de violación de derechos humanos. Naturalmente, esa misma proporción está de acuerdo con su detención. La mala imagen de la justicia peruana, se aprecia cuando se pregunta sobre el futuro. Solo dos de cada cinco entrevistados piensan que se logrará la extradición y solo uno de cada cuatro piensa que Fujimori tendría un juicio imparcial en Lima. La opinión pública también es bastante crítica con el Ejecutivo. La gran mayoría considera ineficiente la gestión del Gobierno y los procuradores y la aprobación presidencial no se ha incrementado, a pesar del esfuerzo por capitalizar la rápida detención del ex mandatario en Chile. El Gobierno se encuentra en este campo frente a una situación paradójica: si hace mucho énfasis político en lograr la extradición, esa misma actitud podría agudizar la percepción en Chile de que el ex presidente no tendría un juicio imparcial en el Perú, lo cual podría hacer abortar el proceso de extradición en marcha.

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November 13th, 2005 at 8:43 am

The Trouble with Alberto

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By Maxwell A. Cameron
November 12, 2005

A perusal of the charges against former president Alberto Fujimori reveals an assortment of pecadillos ranging from vile abuses of power to mundane acts of private enrichment. How do you build a legal case when the specific crimes are hard to prove although the broader pattern of the abuse of power is indisputable?
All constitutions really do is tell us how laws are to be made; once a legal system is in place the laws can be enforced with penalties. But there is nothing in a constitution that spells out the consequences of violating the constitution (such provisions would be absurd, since constitutions precede laws and hence penalties). The worst offenses committed by the governments over which Fujimori presided were actions that were reprehensible not so much because they were illegal (though they involved systematically breaking the law) but because they were unconstitutional. They included:
– The autogolpe of 1992
– The 1995 Amnesty Law
– Ramming through congress the “law of authentic interpretation”
– Disbanding of the Constitutional Tribunal in 1997 when it struck down the law of authentic interpretation
– Running for an unconstitutional third term in 2000
– And, of course, putting Montesinos on the payroll for a job that was never formally defined but which amounted to turning control over much of the machinery of government to the intelligence service and giving free rein to the Colina group.
These are serious violations of the constitution, and they involved systematic law-breaking, but the Chilean judges are presumably going to want to see evidence of specific criminal wrong-doing that links particular crimes directly to Fujimori. After years of investigation there is precious little by way of material evidence linking Fujimori directly to such heinous crimes as the massacres at Barrios Altos or La Cantuta.
There is testimonial evidence that Fujimori was directly involved in these events, and there is written evidence that he rewarded the principals, but what is surely more serious is the fact that he was responsible, along with Montesinos, for creating a political system in which such actions could occur with impunity.
Fujimori and Montesinos created a system of government based on impunity, in which key offices in all major government agencies were captured and subordinated to the will of the executive. Montesinos was directly involved in torture, extortion, bribery and corruption of public officials. His criminality is beyond question.
Fujimori should be thought of not as a common criminal–though crimincal charges against him may ultimately be sustained–but more importantly he was the intellectual architect of a criminal regime. What is required here is political not legal judgment. And that is why it is vital to remember that what bars Fujimori from running in the 2006 election is a political judgment not a legal one.
Such is the sorry state of affairs of the Peruvian judiciary that there is not one single sentence against Fujimori, only charges. Having fled the country, Fujimori could not be tried. Apparently—though I have trouble accepting this, and would happily be corrected if anyone else knows better—he could not be sentenced in absentia in Peru.
Whatever the case may be, the fact that there are some 20-plus charges against him does not stop him from being a candidate (except that it might mean campaigning from behind bars). The impediment to his candidacy is a congressional vote that designates him ineligible for public office for 10 years. The power to designate an individual ineligible for office is a faculty that resides in the congress according to Peru’s constitution.
This faculty is political not juridical. Congress does not need a judicial sentence to ban someone from holding public office. That does not mean it can do so arbitrarily. Like any such political judgment, it had better be supported with solid reasons capable of winning the support of the vast majority of the voters, or else it will appear to be nothing better than political persecution. This, of course, is exactly what Fujimori and his supporters are arguing.
And that is why it is incumbent upon the political parties that have a commitment to democracy to insist that Fujimori cannot run for no other reason than to protect Peruvian democracy.
Fujimori has never run in an election that was not tarnished by some sort of doubt about his legitimacy as a candidate. He has, once again, positioned himself in the middle of a storm of controversy in which the central issue is, as usual, his eligibility for office.
Happily, some candidates, like Jaime Salinas, have followed Juan Sheput’s advice to pledged themselves to present a united front against Fujimori and, if necessary, abstain from any election in which the former leader might be a candidate. The public, particularly Fujimori’s supporters, need to hear a reasoned and unified defence of the political decision to bar Fujimori from office. Candidates should not try to stand behind the feeble shield of the judiciary. It is not enough to say that Fujimori is facing legal charges; the deeper question is political. Can Fujimori coexist with Peru’s fragile democracy? His decenio suggests the answer is “No.”
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November 12th, 2005 at 7:10 am

Peruvian Constitution – Articule 100: Who cannot run in 2006

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Source: La Republica, November 11, 2005

Constitucion de la Republica del Peru
Artículo 100°. Corresponde al Congreso, sin participación de la Comisión Permanente, suspender o no al funcionario acusado o inhabilitarlo para el ejercicio de la función pública hasta por diez años, o destituirlo de su función sin perjuicio de cualquiera otra responsabilidad.
El acusado tiene derecho, en este trámite, a la defensa por sí mismo y con asistencia de abogado ante la Comisión Permanente y ante el Pleno del Congreso.
En caso de resolución acusatoria de contenido penal, el Fiscal de la Nación formula denuncia ante la Corte Suprema en el plazo de cinco días. El Vocal Supremo Penal abre la instrucción correspondiente.
La sentencia absolutoria de la Corte Suprema devuelve al acusado sus derechos políticos.
Los términos de la denuncia fiscal y del auto apertorio de instrucción no pueden exceder ni reducir los términos de la acusación del Congreso.

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November 11th, 2005 at 6:04 pm

Fujimori’s extradition: the logistics involved

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Source: El Comercio: Fujimori detenido en Chile, 11 de noviembre del 2005

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November 11th, 2005 at 12:37 pm

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Press Conference

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November 11th, 2005 at 11:46 am

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Fujimori’s Chilean defense attorney resigns

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El abogado chileno Juan Carlos Osorio renunció hoy a la defensa del ex presidente Alberto Fujimori, debido a relaciones personales y profesionales con Eduardo Callmel del Solar, dueño del diario “Expreso”, y Daniel Borobio, ex asesor de imagen de Fujimori, ambos con peticiones de extradición desde Lima y denegadas por la justicia chilena, quienes no desean que sus situaciones puedan verse vinculadas con la que afecta al prófugo ex presidente, pero colaborará con el abogado peruano César Nakasaki, quien se encuentra en Chile para defender también a Fujimori.

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November 10th, 2005 at 4:49 pm

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Peruvian ambassador in Japan called back to Lima

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La Cancillería informó esta tarde que el gobierno peruano ordenó el traslado a Lima de su embajador en Japón, Luis Macchiavello, con el respectivo cese de sus funciones al frente de la representación diplomática tras la injerencia del gobierno Japonés en el caso de Alberto Fujimori, quien se haya detenido en Santiago de Chile.

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November 10th, 2005 at 4:37 pm

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JNE: Fujimori can’t run in 2006

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El Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE) envió un comunicado destacando el hecho de que los funcionarios públicos inhabilitados por el Congreso no pueden postular a la Presidencia de la República. Este documento considera que los candidatos a las elecciones del 2006 deben de tener en cuenta “los requisitos e impedimentos” en la Constitución Política del Perú y en la Ley Orgánica de Elecciones (No 26859), para postular a los cargos de elección.
Aunque este comunicado tiene una alusión directa a Fujimori, recordando su impedimento de postular, el Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE) solo se pronunciará sobre su caso cuando el ex presidente presente su candidatura para las elecciones generales del 2006.
Es importante el tener muy en cuenta disposiciones como el inciso “d” del artículo 10 de la Ley No 26859, que dice: “No son elegibles los funcionarios públicos inhabilitados, de conformidad con el artículo 100 de la Constitución”; porque Fujimori cuenta con esta inhabilitación política y por lo tanto, el Congreso está facultado para sancionarlo sin una sentencia judicial.

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November 10th, 2005 at 11:28 am

Would Fujimori get a fair treatement in a Peruvian court?

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…not according to this editorial from El Mercurio (November 9, 2005). This piece raised brows among some Peruvians.

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November 10th, 2005 at 10:30 am

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Chile & Peru: Extradition Treaty

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November 10th, 2005 at 8:34 am

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President Lagos: Chilean Government officials will be punished

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President Lagos: Chilean officials will be punished for negligence for letting Alberto Fujimori in Chile. Fujimori’s case is in the hands of a justice of the Supreme Court.

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November 10th, 2005 at 7:15 am

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Ministry of Foreign Relations of Japan: more on Fujimori

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November 10th, 2005 at 7:04 am

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Ministry of Foreign affairs of Japan: Q&As on Fujimori

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Questions concerning former President of the Republic of Peru Alberto Fujimori
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Press Conference by the Press Secretary
November 8, 2005

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November 9th, 2005 at 4:37 pm

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Fujimori entered Chile with a Peruvian passport

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According to Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, Fujimori entered Chile as a Peruvian not Japanese national.

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November 9th, 2005 at 3:52 pm

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Who would benefit most with Fujimori’s return?

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According to Juan Carlos Tafur, Director of newspaper La Primera, the candidacy of Alberto Fujimori–which now seems increasingly plausible–would benefit Alan Garcia the most. Fujimori would bleed support away from Lourdes Flores Nano and Ollanta Humala. Also, in an eventual second round, Garcia has higher negative ratings than Lourdes Flores Nano. Fujimori, however, has high negatives as well. Garcia might therefore prefer a runoff with Fujimori.
Tafur suggests it is not unconceivablethat APRA might even actively encourage or facilitate Fujimori’s candidacy using the political or judicial influence at its disposal.
Tafur also suggests Fujimori counts on some international support, including hardliners in Washington, and his rumored collection of Vladivideos gives him blackmail power.

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November 9th, 2005 at 9:07 am

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Fujimori: Candidate?

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Cesar Nakasaki, Alberto Fujimori’s attorney, argues that being detained or out of the country are not impediments to be a presidential candidate. It is up to the National Electoral Board to decide if the candidacy complies with the law.

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November 8th, 2005 at 7:12 pm

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Government of Peru: Official request for Fujimori’s preventive detention and extradition

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November 8th, 2005 at 3:43 pm

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Japanese Government: Fujimori should be treated fairly

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November 8th, 2005 at 8:03 am

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Statement by President Lagos

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“the situation we were in up until the day before Mr. Fujimori’s arrival was a situation that we were hoping to resolve through diplomatic means, and I hope that we can continue to resolve this situation through those same means.”
Fujimori was subject to “a preventative arrest, while the Peruvian government formalizes its extradition request.” He clarified that according to current bilateral agreements, such a request “has to be made by the State, Peru in this case, through their representative in Chile. It must then be sent to the Supreme Court, which is what has happened.”

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November 8th, 2005 at 7:41 am

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Canciller Walker postpones trip to Japan

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November 8th, 2005 at 7:40 am

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Press release: Peruvian Ministry of External Relations

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Peruvian authorities are assembling the necessary documentation to request the extradition of former president Fujimori from Chile. The file would be based on Sunday’s diplomatic note, focusing on La Cantuta case and the $15 million “severance” package for Vladimiro Montesinos.
For more details on the Peruvian government extradition files visit:
Proceso de extradition del ex-presidente Alberto Fujimori

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November 7th, 2005 at 6:52 pm

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Fujimori wasn’t expecting to be detained

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Fujimori no esperaba ser detenido, según periodista japonés
Fuente: Peru 21

Tokio, 7 nov (EFE).- Un periodista japonés que entrevistó al ex presidente peruano Alberto Fujimori antes de dejar Japón asegura que el ex mandatario no esperaba ser detenido en Santiago ya que escogió volver a Perú vía Chile debido a que los dos países “no se llevan bien”.
Fujimori confiaba en poder hacer una pausa en Chile para “evaluar la situación en Perú” antes de entrar a su país, según dijo Akira Maki en el informativo “Evening five” de la cadena televisiva TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting Service).
El programa emitió fragmentos de una entrevista de Maki con Fujimori, realizada al parecer el día anterior a su partida, en la que el ex gobernante le reitera su deseo de “volver a ser presidente” de Perú.
El periodista comentó que Fujimori hubiera podido presentarse en el aeropuerto de Lima “al igual que Aquino” (en referencia al asesinado líder de la oposición filipina Benigno Aquino), para dar un “golpe de efecto” frente a sus seguidores.
En cambio decidió esperar en el país vecino y no esperaba ser detenido, indicó Maki.
El ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores japonés “cerró los ojos, como siempre”, afirmó Maki y sugirió que tuvo que haber “algún tipo de colaboración” oficial ya que se permitió una gestión especial en el aeropuerto de Haneda, el segundo de Tokio, para la partida del ex mandatario.
El caso de Fujimori tenía dos peticiones de extradición no respondidas por Tokio y estaba camino al Tribunal Internacional de La Haya, por lo que su partida “le ha quitado a Japón un peso de encima”, concluyó el periodista.
En posteriores informativos TBS mostró imágenes del ex mandatario entrando y saliendo del hotel donde residía, tomadas al parecer la noche del sábado con cámaras ocultas.
TBS fue uno de los primeros medios mundiales en emitir imágenes del asesinato de Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino en agosto de 1983 a su llegada al aeropuerto de Manila ya que uno de sus equipos televisivos voló junto al político de oposición que estaba refugiado en Estados Unidos. EFE

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November 7th, 2005 at 11:31 am

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Chronology of Fujimori (2000- 2005)

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Cronología de Alberto Fujimori Fujimori (2000- 2005)
Fuente: Peru 21


2000
15 de noviembre: Fujimori viaja a Brunnei para asistir a la Cumbre del Foro de Cooperación Económica Asia-Pacífico (APEC).
19 de noviembre: Se refugia en Tokio y envía su renuncia al Congreso vía fax.
21 de noviembre: El Parlamento rechaza la renuncia y declara la vacancia de la Presidencia.
12 de diciembre: El Gobierno de Japón confirma que Fujimori está inscrito en el registro civil de ese país y que no atenderá pedidos de extradición.
2003
26 de marzo: La Interpol solicita la detención y extradición de Fujimori, y Japón la rechaza.
28 de mayo: La justicia japonesa lo interroga por el secuestro del MRTA en la residencia del embajador japonés.
26 de junio. La justicia peruana solicita su extradición por delitos de lesa humanidad.
2004
16 de octubre: Se presenta el segundo pedido de extradición por delitos de falsificación y malversación.
2005
19 de abril: El abogado César Nakasaki anuncia que se hará cargo de la defensa legal del prófugo.
3 de mayo: Nakasaki solicita la nulidad de los 20 procesos que tiene Fujimori en la justicia peruana.
13 de setiembre: Fujimori renueva su pasaporte en el consulado de Perú en Tokio.
6 de octubre: El ex presidente anuncia oficialmente que regresará al Perú para participar en las elecciones de 2006.
19 de octubre: La justicia peruana absuelve a Fujimori en el proceso que se le seguía por la compra ilegal de respuestos militares.
7 de noviembre: Fujimori llega de improviso a Santiago de Chile. El Gobierno peruano pide su detención preventiva y la justicia chilena, accediendo a ese pedido, dispone su detención.

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November 7th, 2005 at 11:23 am

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Fujimori announced his return to Peru in his website

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El prófugo ex presidente Alberto Fujimori anunció el domingo 6 de noviembre a través de su página web su “retorno” al Perú, el mismo día en que aterrizó a Santiago de Chile.

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November 7th, 2005 at 10:59 am

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Chilean Government Press releases: President Lagos, and Ministers Walker and Puccio

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Source: Gobierno de Chile
Presidente Lagos: “Ahora son los tribunales los llamados a determinar los próximos pasos”
Lunes, 7 de Noviembre de 2005

El Mandatario afirmó que espera que la presencia del ex gobernante peruano en Chile “no sea un obstáculo en las relaciones que debemos tener con Perú” y añadió que “la situación que teníamos hasta el día antes de la llegada del señor Fujimori era una situación que esperábamos encausar por canales diplomáticos y me gustaría que se siga encausando por esos mismos canales”.

Canciller Walker: Situación de Alberto Fujimori ya no es un tema político, por lo cual el Gobierno será prescindente
Lunes, 7 de Noviembre de 2005

El Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores expresó que el Poder Judicial chileno actuará “con apego a derecho”, como es tradición. Asimismo, desestimó que la situación del ex gobernante peruano complique las relaciones entre ambos países, aclarando que Chile continuará ejerciendo “la soberanía y jurisdicción al sur del Hito 1”, refiriéndose a la situación derivada del desconocimiento unilateral de la nación vecina de los Tratados que fijan las fronteras marítimas.

Ministro Puccio: Se ha actuado con la mayor celeridad, transparencia y colaboración con las autoridades del Perú
Lunes, 7 de Noviembre de 2005

El Secretario de Estado informó que respecto a la situación de Alberto Fujimori el Ejecutivo consideró “que no era del caso la expulsión en esta circunstancia y está funcionando la vía regular de la extradición”, remarcando que “este es el camino que contempla la ley chilena, tal como lo hizo ver la Cancillería a su contraparte en Lima”.

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November 7th, 2005 at 9:14 am

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Peruvian Charges against Fujimori

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Source: La Republica, 7 de noviembre del 2005

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November 7th, 2005 at 6:44 am

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Fujimori provisionally arrested by Chilean authorities

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Source: APRODEH
Fujimori fue detenido en Chile
lunes, 7 de noviembre , 2005 – 12:52:03
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El ex presidente Alberto Fujimori fue detenido en el Hotel Marriot de Santiago de Chile y se encuentra en calidad de arrestado en la Escuela de Investigaciones Policiales del país sureño, confirmó el canciller Oscar Maúrtua.
Según explicó, ésta medida responde a un auto de detención previa, emitida por el ministro instructor de la Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago de Chile (Vocal supremo), Orlando Álvarez Hernández, contra el ex presidente Alberto Fujimori, a pedido del gobierno peruano por el delito de asociación ilíticita.
Además informó que se emitió un arraigo mediante el cual Fujimori Fujimori está impedido de salir del territorio chileno.
En declaraciones exclusivas a RPP Noticias sostuvo que éste hecho se produjo a menos de 10 horas de que el ex presidente Fujimori llegara a Chile.
Informó además que en las próximas horas viajará una delegación de alto nivel a Santiago de Chile para realizar las acciones correspondientes, la cual está encabezada por el ministro del Interior, Rómulo Pizarro, e integrada por el procurador ad hoc Antonio Maldonado, el encargado en Perú de la INTERPOL, coronel Carlos Medel y Javier Ciurliza y asesor especial para asuntos de carácter judicial internacional.

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November 7th, 2005 at 4:10 am

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Return of Fujimori

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By Maxwell A. Cameron
November 6, 2005

Alberto Fujimori is not known for half-measures or equivocation. His political style is direct and confrontational. It is also utterly contemptuous of the legal rules of the game. Those who underestimate his immoderate ambition, or fail to appreciate the depth of his indifference toward the rule of law, are often surprised by his decisions.
When he was offered the presidency by Vargas Llosa between the first and second rounds in 1990, Fujimori preferred to decline and run in the second round rather than to be allied with Vargas Llosa’s FREDEMO party. In April 1992, he closed congress and purged the judiciary rather than operate within Peru’s constitutional system. When the Japanese ambassador’s residence in Lima was captured by Tupac Amaru revolutionaries in December 1996, Fujimori opted for a decisive military victory rather than negotiation. Even his resignation was dramatic and decisive.
Fujimori’s return to Peru, while announced some months back, was widely regarded by analysts as part of a legal strategy–something half way between an effort to rehabilitate his image and a strategy to open the door to a return to Peru in the future on terms that would be more or less acceptable. His arrival in Chile and recent communique suggest otherwise. Fujimori appears to believe he can return to Peru and run in the 2006 election.
With Alberto Fujimori in Santiago de Chile, everything about the 2006 election has changed. The entire debate over the National Election Board (Jurado Nacional de Elecciones, JNE) and the Constitutional Tribunal (Tribunal Constitucional) takes on a new cast. The issue of whether decisions by the JNE can be appealed is no longer a hypothetical debate. The question is: Is the JNE the best body to decide whether Fujimori can be a candidate? Or should that decision be taken by the Constitutional Tribunal? (Hint: which put up the better fight against Fujimori when he was in power?)
Fujimori’s arrival in Santiago also changes the dynamics of the incipient campaign. For weeks the pundits have been arguing that there are essentially four or five candidates that need to be taken seriously: Lourdes Flores Nano, Alan Garcia, Valentin Paniagua, Jaime Salinas, and, perhaps, Ollanta Humala. How will each of these candidates respond to the prospect of a new competitor? Already, it has been argued, that candidates should collectively withdraw in the event that Fujimori enters the race. This view, taken by Juan Sheput, was dismissed as “ingenuous” by Javier Diez Canseco. To others, such talk may have seemed premature. Not now. Now would be an excellent time for all the candidates to address the issue.
The situation in 2005-06 is not quite the same as in 1999-2000 when the parties of the so-called “opposition” failed to either collectively withdraw from the campaign after Fujimori was registered by a JNE penetrated and controlled by the President’s cronies, or to unite behind a single candidate. This time, the political parties have better cards to play. Fujimori can’t count on the unconditional support of a subservient electoral body, a judiciary corrupted and coopted by Vladimiro Montesinos, and a deeply partisan military hierarchy.
If Fujimori returns to Peru, it will be critical to watch how the judiciary, the JNE, and the armed forces, behave. According to Heriberto Benitez the Peruvian government has been acting as if the Constitutional Tribunal had not barred Fujimori from holding public office. For example, Peruvian diplomats in Japan helped Fujimori to sign the document that created an alliance between his three political parties.
It will also be important to watch the political parties opposed to Fujimori. It is still early to talk about coalescing against the former president. However, if the parties share a common interest in protecting the democratic rules of the game (and that is a big “if”), their messages will stress the fact that Fujimori’s 10 years in power weakened democracy by undermining any consensus on the core rules of the game and that his bid to return to Peru is a continuation of that long-standing pattern. Let’s not forget that Fujimori’s return has been accompanied by threats of violence, promises of more “Vladivideos,” and lots of legal double-talk.
If, on the other hand, the parties persist in their more usual habit of ignoring principle and seeking immediate electoral advantage at the expense of the rules of the game, then the parties will avoid alienating the Fujimori voters who might well decide the difference in a runoff contest. In the process, they may even help Fujimori’s cause.

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Written by Michael Ha

November 6th, 2005 at 4:50 pm

Fujimori’s message from Chile

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Pronunciamiento textual de Alberto Fujimori:

“Es grato dirigirme a la opinión pública nacional e internacional para hacer de su conocimiento que el día 6 de noviembre de 2005 partí de Tokio, Japón, por vía aérea, con destino a la ciudad de Santiago de Chile, arribando a ésta a las 13:30 (hora local) del mismo día.
Es mi propósito permanecer temporalmente en Chile, como parte del proceso de retorno al Perú y cumplir con el compromiso adquirido con un importante sector del pueblo peruano que me ha convocado para que participe como candidato a la presidencia de la República en los próximos comicios del 2006”.

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Written by Michael Ha

November 6th, 2005 at 2:51 pm

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El Chino in Chile!

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Fujimori está en Chile
domingo, 6 de noviembre , 2005 – 04:17:19
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El ex presidente peruano Alberto Fujimori, llegó sin previo aviso al aeropuerto internacional de Santiago de Chile, según informaron los medios de comunicación de ese país.
Fujimori Fujimori llegó al aeropuerto a las 3 p.m. de Chile, procedente de México, en compañía de cuatro personas, según Radio Cooperativa de Santiago.
Según la emisora, el ex presidente peruano arribó en un avión privado y desde el aeropuerto fue trasladado raudamente al hotel Marriot de la capital chilena.
El ex mandatario llega a Chile en momentos en que nuestro país acaba de promulgar la ley de Líneas Base que permitirá nuestra próxima afiliación a la Convención del Mar.

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November 6th, 2005 at 1:38 pm

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Interpol keeps red alert for Alberto Fujimori

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La fotografía y datos personales del ex presidente Alberto Fujimori, junto a la orden de detención en su contra expedida por la justicia peruana, se difunde en 181 países miembros de la Interpol desde el 7 de marzo del 2003. Es buscado por los delitos de crimen organizado, homicidio, estafa, falsificación y secuestro, además de publicar en su página web desde el 26 de marzo del mismo año una “difusión roja” con los datos personales y legales por los que la justicia peruana lo busca. De abandonar Japón, el prófugo Fujimori corre el riesgo de ser detenido preventivamente en otros paises.

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Written by Michael Ha

November 1st, 2005 at 3:49 pm

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Fujimori’s campaign strategy

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Acccording to La Primera, Alberto Fujimori has a “Videostrategia”, that includes sharing more that 30 suitcases of “vladivideos” with the protagonists of such tapes in an individual basis.
Mirko Lauer in Teatro Bacalao argues that Fujimori will not return to Peru and will continue a virtual campaing.
Juan Paredes Castro in Comentario del editor: El tercer pasaporte con el que Fujimori pretende retornar, argues that Fujimori may take advantage of legal vacuums and mistakes made by judicial authorities in Peru.

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Written by Michael Ha

October 28th, 2005 at 10:45 am

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Fujimori’s campaign strategy: a virtual candidate?

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Former president Alberto Fujimori continues his “virtual campaign” from Tokyo and insists he will soon return to Peru. Meanwhile, in Peru, his supporters threaten mass protests and violence if Fujimori is not allowed to run as the presidential candidate for Si Cumple, his latest electoral vehicle. Fujimoristas are feeling emboldened by their leader’s standing in the polls. They are also vaunting a Supreme Court decision (October 19, 2005) that clears the former president of one of the more than 20 charge he faces. The charge on which he was cleared concerns favours for a Panama-based company, Mobetec, which received contracts for helicopters and jeeps in 1993.

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Written by Michael Ha

October 25th, 2005 at 8:31 am

Fujimori appears on public TV…again

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Para sorpresa de todos, por su condición de prófugo de la justicia peruana, el ex presidente Alberto Fujimori, líder de Sí Cumple, apareció el viernes 14 de octubre nuevamente en una publicidad electoral para los comicios generales del 2006 en el canal de televisión estatal. ¿Quién autorizó la emisión de este aviso donde vimos a un sonriente “chino” rodeado de agricultores de la sierra peruana? ¿El material que emite un canal de televisión no debe de ser revisado con antelación a su programación y puesta en el aire? Voceros del canal no han emitido respuesta alguna…

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Written by Michael Ha

October 17th, 2005 at 3:56 pm

C. Degregori and C. Basombrio: Fujimorismo will be an important factor in 2006 elections

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Los analistas políticos Carlos Basombrío y Carlos Iván Degregori coincidieron en un panel sobre política peruana efectuado en Washington D.C., USA por el Dialogo Inter-Americano, que el fujimorismo será un factor importante en las elecciones del 2006, pero descartaron que el ex presidente Alberto Fujimori sea autorizado a presentarse como candidato o que vuelva al Perú. Manifestaron además que Sendero Luminoso no será un factor de incidencia en los próximos comicios elctorales.

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Written by Michael Ha

October 17th, 2005 at 1:44 pm

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Informe Final de la Comision de la Verdad y Reconciliacion

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October 17th, 2005 at 9:31 am

Fujimori threatens “massive protests” if Jurado Nacional de Elecciones doesn’t register him

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A pesar de que el Congreso de la Republica y el Tribunal Constitucional dieron sentencias inhabilitando a Alberto Fujimori para cargos publicos hasta el 2011, el prófugo ex-presidente ha declarado que “protestas masivas” tendran lugar, si el Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE) no inscribe su candidatura a las elecciones generales del 2006.

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Written by Michael Ha

October 14th, 2005 at 4:06 pm

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Fujimori’s human rights record: 1992 Matanza del Penal Canto Grande

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On October 9, 2005, Agencia Peru posted an investigative report based on judiciary documents incriminating former president Fujimori with the 1992 massive homicide in the penal de Canto Grande.

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Written by Michael Ha

October 13th, 2005 at 9:34 am

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Fujimori: No legal impediments to be presidential candidate in 2006?

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The former president, exiled in Japan, told reporters in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward: “I’m running for President,” on october 6, 2005 and that he will return to Peru to seek another presidencial term in 2006. Fujimori cannot occupy any public post until 2011 and would be arrested by Peruvian authorities if he returns to Peru.
For detailed information on Fujimori’s government corruption, visit APRODEH: Fujimori, la justicia peruana te reclama!!
On September 26, 2005, the Government of Peru provided the Japanese Ambassador in Peru additional information to obtain the extradition of Alberto Fujimori, Canciller y Ministro de Justicia entregan segundo pedido de información adicional al Japón sobre caso Fujimori.
On July 2003, Amnesty International urged Japanese authorities to either return Alberto Fujimori to Peru or to open an investigation in Japan into his responsibility for the human rights violations committed under his presidency, Peru/Japan: Alberto Fujimori must be brought to justice for human rights violations.
At the request of the Peruvian government, Interpol issued a ‘Red Notice’ for Alberto Fujimori arrest on March 2003 in connection with an outstanding 2001 warrant seeking Mr Fujimori’s arrest on charges of murder and kidnapping.

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October 7th, 2005 at 10:04 am

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