#peruvian pol

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Peru’s former president Alejandro Toledo has been sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison after he was linked to a corruption scandal involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. Odebrecht became synonymous with corruption across Latin America after the firm paid millions of dollars in bribes to government officials and others. Authorities accused Toledo of accepting 35 million dollars (£26.9 million) in bribes from Odebrecht in exchange for allowing the construction of a highway in the South American country. The National Superior Court of Specialised Criminal Justice in Lima, Peru’s capital, imposed the sentence after years of legal wrangling. Such wrangling included a dispute over whether Toledo, who governed Peru from 2001 to 2006, could be extradited from the United States.

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They love putting ex-presidents in jail in Peru. More countries should follow their example.

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Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori -- aging and legally embattled -- will stand in the South American country's 2026 elections, his daughter announced Sunday. "My father and I have talked and decided together that he will be the presidential candidate," Keiko Fujimori, leader of the South American country's main right-wing party, said. President from 1990 to 2000, the elder Fujimori, 85, ruled Peru with an iron fist, leading a military campaign that largely defeated the Shining Path, a Maoist guerrilla group. To some, he is remembered for bolstering economic growth through his neo-liberal policies while crushing the rebels. Others recall his ruthless, authoritarian governing style. He was sent to prison in 2009 over massacres committed by army death squads in 1991 and 1992 in which 25 people, including a child, were killed in supposed anti-terrorist operations in his Shining Path campaign. Fujimori was released last year for humanitarian reasons, though it is unclear if he is eligible to stand for election because of the conviction. He was pardoned "for humanitarian reasons, but it has not eliminated his criminal responsibility or the very nature of the sentence," Ernesto Blume, a former judge on Peru's Constitutional Court, told broadcaster Canal N.

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Another cunt who should fuck off and die!