Peru: Keiko Fujimori Becomes New President

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

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She will be the ninth head of state within ten years, none has yet managed crime. Now, of all things, the daughter of an infamous predecessor wants to do this.

El Comercio

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Are we a country of political dynasties? Keiko Fujimori’s new election as president might lead us to think about it. A historical examination of our gallery of presidents shows that, in two centuries of republican life, we have two precedents of father and son presidents: that of Manuel Pardo and his son José, and that of Mariano Ignacio Prado and his son Manuel.