increase recruitment. Peru’s democracy further deteriorated when Alberto Fujimori became president and took away the essential elements of democracy by dissolving Congress under the guise of doing so out of Peru’s national security. Even though (insert name), Shining Path’s leader was captured in 1992 and the group collapsed, Fujimori used isolated attacks to continue to instill fear among the Peruvian populace. In essence, President Fujimori had become the terrorist targeting his own people…
years, my father continued to follow politics in his home country. He was “surprised by the election of President Alberto Fujimori in Peru” an agricultural engineer whose parents were Japanese, and unknown until a few weeks before the presidential elections in 1990 . With the aid of the military, President Fujimori tackled left-wing rebels, Shining Path. He realized that President Fujimori was using a strong hand on terrorism and was violating the people’s human rights. I started to distance…
Peru is in the midwest of South America. Peru is bordered by Equador, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Bolivia. Peru is the third largest country in South America and is one of the 20 largest countries in the world. Peru is larger than Spain and France combined. 59% of Peru is the Amazon rainforest. However, it only contains 12% of the population. The Amazon Rainforest has hot and tropical weather with plenty of rain. 30% of Peru is Highlands, which holds 36% of the population. The Highlands have…
has become one of the main laboratories in Latin America for application of neoliberal policies in the last two decades and public water services of Lima was not spared from it (Ioris, A. A. R. 2012). Alberto Fujimori first introduced wider neoliberalization of the economy after elected in 1990. Fujimori inherited a city…