Fujimori convicted
Having already been convicted of corruption Alberto Fujimori has been convicted of human rights abuses and sentenced to 30 years in prison. He becomes the first democratically elected president to have this distinction.
He's a strange little man. In the midst of the 2000 election debaucle (Peru's not ours) the US Embassador went to meet with him about major concerns (ie blatant election fraud) and he was telling jokes he found about himself on the internet. I think he still believes that Peru needs him and maybe that's what makes him so insidious. And truth be told, on an economic level he did great things for Peru. I guess it depends on whether economic growth is worth living in a world where the police can pull college students out of their dorms and have them never seen again.
Even stranger, although 64% of Peruvians think he was guilty of human rights abuses, 2/3 of the country thinks he was a good leader.
Strange and yet, there's truth to that.
He's a strange little man. In the midst of the 2000 election debaucle (Peru's not ours) the US Embassador went to meet with him about major concerns (ie blatant election fraud) and he was telling jokes he found about himself on the internet. I think he still believes that Peru needs him and maybe that's what makes him so insidious. And truth be told, on an economic level he did great things for Peru. I guess it depends on whether economic growth is worth living in a world where the police can pull college students out of their dorms and have them never seen again.
Even stranger, although 64% of Peruvians think he was guilty of human rights abuses, 2/3 of the country thinks he was a good leader.
Strange and yet, there's truth to that.