Alejandro ToledoPresident (pronounced "al-eh-HAHN-droh toh-LAY-doh") "Destiny has put me on the front line of the battle to recover democracy and freedom." The Republic of Perú is located on the west coast of the...

Alejandro Toledo (Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique) (born 28 March 1946) is a Peruvian politician. He was President of Peru from 2001 to 2006. He was elected in 2001 defeating former President Alan García. Toledo came to international prominence...

His name was Andres, and for a fleeting moment last week the 12-year- old bootblack took center stage in Alejandro Toledo's quest for the presidency of Peru. Midway through his stump speech at a rally in the southern city of Arequipa, Toledo presented...

LIMA Swelling opposition and a suspicious vote-count all point to the beginning of the end for Alberto Fujimori, even if he wins Peru's next round FOR ALMOST four days this week, Peru teetered on a machete's edge. As crowds gathered in...

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 of a nationwide campaign to promote punctuality.Chronic lateness is often overlooked by Peruvians who...

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 left office in July, was dogged throughout much of his five-year term by accusations that...