Vladimiro Montesinos

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Peru: ex-spymaster in plot to throw recount

The Fiscalía of Peru, the country’s top prosecutor, has opened an investigation into Vladimiro Montesinos, the imprisoned former intelligence chief under dictator Alberto Fujimori, following release of a recording in which he evidently urges electoral authorities to throw the pending… Read morePeru: ex-spymaster in plot to throw recount

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Peru: coup d’etat against Humala planned?

Following a shake-up in the military high command, the Peruvian blogosphere is abuzz with rumors of an imminent coup d'etat against President Ollanta Humala.

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Peru: Montesinos cleared in bloody 1997 raid

Peru's Supreme Court acquitted former intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos of charges related to the bloody 1997 raid on the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima.

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Peru: state of emergency extended in VRAE

Peru’s President Ollanta Humala has extended the state of emergency in the jungle area called the VRAE, where the Shining Path guerilla movement remains active.

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Peru: ex-spymaster in plot to throw recount

Peru: coup d’etat against Humala planned?

Peru: Montesinos cleared in bloody 1997 raid

Peru: state of emergency extended in VRAE