History of Peru: Difference between revisions

From the 1980s to 2014 both Peru and Chile engaged in a [[Chilean–Peruvian maritime dispute|maritime dispute]] which went unresolved for decades until it was brought forth to the [[International Court of Justice]] in 2008, which in 2014 solved the dispute in Peru's favor, awarding it most of its claimed territory.

 

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Fujimori's constitutionally questionable decision to seek a third term and subsequent tainted victory in June 2000 brought political and economic turmoil.<ref>{{Cite news |last=EFE |date=1999-12-28 |title=Fujimori se presenta para un tercer mandato, pese a las quejas de la oposición |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1999/12/29/internacional/946422008_850215.html |access-date=2022-07-31 |issn=1134-6582}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stein reconoce que hubo fraude en la reelección de Fujimori |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2001/04/07/internacional/986663916.html |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=www.elmundo.es}}</ref> A bribery scandal that broke just weeks after he took office in July forced Fujimori to call new elections in which he would not run.<ref>{{Cite web |last=PERÚ |first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO |date=2019-09-16 |title=Alberto Fujimori: hace 19 años anunció nuevas elecciones tras vladivideo {{!}} POLITICA |url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/alberto-fujimori-19-anos-convoca-nuevas-elecciones-desactivacion-noticia-ecpm-676523-noticia/ |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=El Comercio Perú |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Puertas |first=Laura |date=2000-09-18 |title=Fujimori se retira y convoca elecciones en Perú |language=es |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2000/09/18/internacional/969228001_850215.html |access-date=2022-07-31 |issn=1134-6582}}</ref> The scandal involved Vladimiro Montesinos, who was shown in a video broadcast on TV bribing a politician to change sides. Montesinos subsequently emerged as the center of a vast web of illegal activities, including embezzlement, graft, drug trafficking, as well as human rights violations committed during the war against Sendero Luminoso.

 

 

In November 2000, Fujimori resigned from office and went to Japan in self-imposed exile, avoiding prosecution for human rights violations and corruption charges by the new Peruvian authorities. His main intelligence chief, [[Vladimiro Montesinos]], fled Peru shortly afterwards. Authorities in Venezuela arrested him in Caracas in June 2001 and turned him over to Peruvian authorities; he is now imprisoned and charged with acts of corruption and human rights violations committed during Fujimori's administration.