PerÚ - Alejandro Toledo
Alejandro ToledoPresident
(pronounced "al-eh-HAHN-droh toh-LAY-doh")
"Destiny has put me on the front line of the battle to recover democracy a...
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Sirens wailed, church bells rang and a sea of confetti fluttered through Lima's historical central plaza at the stroke of noon Thursday, alerting Peruvians to synchronize their watches at the start...
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Former President Alejandro Toledo was formally charged with taking part in a scheme to forge signatures to register his political party in the late 1990s, court officials said Thursday.Toledo, who ...
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Peru's ex-presidential candidate Ollanta Humala vowed Thursday to defend himself against charges that he masterminded his brother's deadly 2005 takeover of a police station, calling the allegations...
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Area: 1,285,198 sq km (496,218 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 27,515,000Capital:
Lima
Head of state and government:
Presidents
Alejandro
Toledo and, from July 28, Alan
García
Presidential a...
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The government wants to take some of the manana out of Peruvian life. Manana, meaning "tomorrow," is an age-old euphemism for the lateness and procrastination that are common in Latin America. Wedd...
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Alan Garcia took over the presidency last year eager to redeem himself after his disastrous first term in the 1980s left Peru nearly bankrupt and mired in hyperinflation. With the economy now vibra...
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Former Peruvian president
Alan García
emerged victorious in the final round of
Peru
's presidential election, held on June 4, 2006, defeating retired army colonel and one-time military coup...
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Hugo Chavez loves incendiary rhetoric and risk-averse investors understandably rushed to sell shares in Venezuela's biggest telecommunications and power companies after he announced this week that ...
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Buenos Aires (dpa) - Peru on Sundan plans to remember the 10th
anniversary of the raid on the Japanese Embassy in Lima, which put an
end to a four-month hostage crisis that ...
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PerÚ - Alejandro Toledo
Peru launches campaign against lateness
