AQ Podcast | Keiko Fujimori Takes Power. Can She Keep It?
Peru’s Former Finance Minister on what Keiko Fujimori's presidency means for the country’s stability, economy, and its place between Washington and Beijing.
On July 28th, Keiko Fujimori took office as Peru's ninth president in ten years. Most of her predecessors' terms ended in impeachment, resignation, or prison. She won a June runoff by close to 50,000 votes, less than a full percentage point ahead of leftist Roberto Sánchez, and her inauguration ceremony captured the challenge ahead: Opposition lawmakers walked out of Congress rather than hear her inaugural address. Fujimori campaigned on stability, security, and economic reform, a message that resonated in a country where the homicide rate has doubled in recent years and where most...
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