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PERU: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS UPDATE
Spanish/Nat
After fifteen years of political violence, Peruvians have gone quietly to the polls today to pick a new president and congress.
The violence free start to the voting stood in contrast to previous elections that have been...
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Peruvian Congress votes to kick out members who were pro Fujimori
File - April 1998
1. Amateur video of Vladimiro Montesinos meeting with Pro-Fujimori congressmen
Lima - August 16
2. Zoomout of vote in Congress
3. Medium shot of public celebrating the outcome
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carmen Lozada de...
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PERU: LIMA: STRIKING PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE
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Protesters stoned buses and burned tyres in the streets of Peru's capital in the first national strike against President Alberto Fujimori since he took power nearly a decade ago.
Soldiers with automatic weapons guarded...
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CHILE: SANTIAGO: RIOT POLICE CLASH WITH PROTESTERS SUPPORTING MRTA
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Chilean riot police have clashed with protesters outside the Peruvian Embassy in downtown Santiago.
The demonstrators were protesting against the killing of 14 Tupac Amaru rebels during Tuesday's raid to free 72 hostages...
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PERU: LIMA: HOSTAGE CRISIS: REBEL LEADER AGREES TO TALKS
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For the first time in Peru's hostage crisis, a Tupac Amaru rebel has agreed to leave the besieged Japanese ambassador's residence for talks aimed at ending the standoff.
Roli Rojas Fernandez, the group's second-in-command,...
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PERU: GEARING UP FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Spanish/Nat
On the last official day of campaigning, Peru gears up for presidential elections on Sunday that promise to be an easy win for incumbent President Alberto Fujimori.
President Fujimori has won crucial voter points by...
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PERU: LIMA: HOSTAGE CRISIS: REBEL LEADER AGREES TO TALKS UPDATE
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A bulletproof Red Cross car believed to be carrying a Tupac Amaru rebel leader left the Japanese ambassador's residence Tuesday.
The white sedan was believed to be carrying Roli Rojas Fernandez,
the leftist group's...
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WRAP Bush arrives in Lima, meets Toledo at palace
Lima - March 23, 2002
1. Wide Air Force One on runway, with ceremonial welcome in foreground
2. Wide of plane taxiing
3. Wide of U.S. flag
4. U.S President George W. Bush and his wife Laura - US First Lady - wave from top of steps
5....
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PERU: LIMA: PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI FLIES TO CANADA FOR TALKS
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Peru's President Alberto Fujimori has flown to Canada for a weekend summit with Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto that could renew negotiations to free the 72 hostages held in Lima by Tupac Amaru rebels.
Fujimori's...
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PERU: LIMA: PRESIDENT FUJIMORI LEAVES FOR LONDON VISIT
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President Alberto Fujimori of Peru has left Lima for London on his second foreign tour this week.
As the Peruvian President left, the hostage crisis in Lima entered its 53rd day.
Fujimori is scheduled to speak at the...
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Ibero-American summit begins
1. Pan summit attendees gathering - Bolivian President
2. Bolivian President Carlos Mesa greeting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
3. Bolivian President and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez talking
4. Peruvian President Alejandro...
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BRAZIL: EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICAN TRADE SUMMIT
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Europe and Latin America embarked on a new era of economic and political cooperation on Tuesday with a declaration intended to liberalize trade between the continents and work for peace and democracy.
Nearly four dozen...
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PERU: LIMA: PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI BRIEFS HOSTAGE FAMILIES
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Before leaving for the summit in Canada, Peruvian President Fujimori briefed the 43 relatives of hostages still being held.
President Fujimori assured the relatives he was working toward a peaceful end to the standoff and...
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PERU: LIMA: HOSTAGE CRISIS: SITUATION UPDATE
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There is little cheer for over 80 hostages who entered the new year in captivity - held by rebels at the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru.
The rebels have released more than 400 hostages, including the...
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PERU: PRO DEMOCRACY RALLY
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More than 10-thousand opponents of Peru's president have staged one of the biggest protest ever against his decade in power.
Demonstrators took to the streets of Lima on the eve of Alberto Fujimori's inauguration for an...
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Peru - Update on hostage crisis
Mediators from Peru and Canada entered the Japanese embassy residence on
Thursday (6/2) for talks with the Tupac Amaru guerrillas who have now been holding 72 hostages captive for 51 days.
Domingo Palermo, the government's negotiator,...
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PERU: LIMA: DEMONSTRATION CALLING FOR PEACEFUL END TO EMBASSY SIEGE
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Hundreds of Peruvian shantytown women gathered in protest in Lima on Saturday calling for a peaceful end to the rebel siege of the Japanese embassy.
Peruvian rebels seized the Japanese embassy in Lima Tuesday, taking...
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PERUVIAN PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI VISIT
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Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori arrived in the Dominican Republic Sunday for what his aides called a 'very important' meeting with the Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez.
Talks are expected to include the...
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WRAP Bush arrives in Lima, meets Toledo at palace
Lima - March 23, 2002
1. Wide Air Force One on runway, with ceremonial welcome in foreground
2. Wide of plane taxiing
3. Wide of U.S. flag
4. U.S President George W. Bush and his wife Laura - US First Lady - wave from top of steps
5....
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PERU: LIMA: CAPTIVES ARE SEEN CLEANING UP BACKYARD OF RESIDENCE
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There was a flurry of activity Wednesday outside the besieged Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima.
About half a dozen of the captives who've been held there for nearly two months were seen cleaning up the backyard of...
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PERU: LIMA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PREPARATIONS
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Preparations are underway for Peru's presidential elections, which take place on Sunday.
Fourteen (m) million Peruvians are registered to vote in the elections which have already been undermined by accusations of...
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PERU: LIMA: ANTI GOVERNMENT PROTESTERS DEMAND MORE JOBS
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Five thousand anti-government protesters armed with clubs and stones broke through a police cordon on Wednesday and forced their way into Peru's presidential palace.
Police fired shots into the air and lobbed tear gas to...
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PERU: PROTESTERS SET FIRE TO GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
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Peruvians furious with the inauguration of Alberto Fujimori as Peru's president set government buildings ablaze in Lima on Friday.
Tear gas and smoke turned the skies over the Peruvian capital dark.
Tens of thousands of...