Keiko Fujimori Sworn In as Peruvian President
Fujimori pledged tougher crime policies and a 15% minimum wage increase as she took office with strong backing in Congress.
- Conservative leader Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru's president on Tuesday after winning June's election by fewer than 50,000 votes, becoming the nation's ninth leader in a decade.
- Fujimori takes office amid deep polarization, as Peru has seen only three presidents elected by popular vote over the past decade; the rest resigned or were removed by Congress amid corruption scandals.
- During her campaign, Fujimori promised to fight crime with an "iron fist," implementing policies adopted by Salvadorean President Nayib Bukele, including building a megaprison modeled after the notorious Cecot penitentiary in Salvador.
- Opposition leaders have asked the incoming government to reverse laws weakening organized-crime prosecution, while relatives of civilians killed during 2022–2023 anti-government protests plan to protest Fujimori's inauguration.
- Despite Peru maintaining economic stability with interest rates below 5%, critics point to a growing gap in living standards between coastal areas and communities in the Andean highlands.
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Keiko Fujimori came to power after several attempts.
In Peru, the new president called for a national rally yesterday The new right-wing president of Peru, Keiko Fujimori, 51 years old, divorced from an Italian-American, mother of two daughters aged 19 and 20, but especially daughter of the former president of Japan, Alberto, known as the "Chino", from 1990 to 2000, was invested yesterday, day of the national holiday and also date, strange coincidence, of her father's birthday who would have been …
The leader of the People ' s Power Party, whose father Alberto Fujimori led Peru from 1990 to 2000, took office as President.
The ninth female president in the last decade, she won in the second round by less than 50,000 votes.
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