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Peruvian former President Alejandro Toledo attends a court session where the judge will rule in his corruption case in Lima, Peru, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

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Peru’s ex-president Toledo gets more than 20 years in prison in case linked to corruption scandal
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO AND REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press
Mon,10/21/24-6:10PM , 68 Reads
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo on Monday was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which became synonymous with corruption
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Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori, 85, center, is driven out of prison by his children Keiko, center right, and Kenji, center left, after being released from prison in Callao, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. The country's constitutional court ordered an immediate humanitarian release on Tuesday for the former leader who was serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

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Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is freed from prison on humanitarian grounds
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO AND REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press
Wed,12/06/23-5:30PM , 153 Reads
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori was released from prison Wednesday on humanitarian grounds, despite a request from a regional human rights court to delay his release.
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Protests in Peru turned deadly Sunday as thousands gathered nationwide to demand the resignation of their newest president Dina Boluarte. (Dec. 12)(AP video: Cesar Olmos)

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Anger in rural areas fuels protests against Peru government
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO AND REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press
Sun,12/11/22-7:27PM , 72 Reads
ANDAHUAYLAS, Peru (AP) — The anger of Peruvians against their government is nowhere more visible than in Andahuaylas, a remote rural Andean community where the poor have struggled for years and where voters' support helped elect now-ousted President Pedro Castillo, himself a peasant like them.
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Peru's President Pedro Castillo, right, is embraced by one of his party´s lawmakers as he leaves Congress where lawmakers voted to proceed with impeachment proceedings against him, in Lima, Peru, Monday, March 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

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Peru's president survives 2nd impeachment effort in 8 months
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO AND REGINA GARCIA CANO - Associated Press
Mon,03/28/22-8:55PM , 134 Reads
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pedro Castillo, Peru’s embattled president, avoided joining the South American nation’s list of impeached leaders as opposition lawmakers Monday night failed to get enough votes to remove him from office eight months into his term.
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