Keiko Fujimori has been sworn in as Peru's president amid protests and promises to crackdown on crime.
Fujimori takes office promising an iron-fisted crackdown on crime, as critics fear a return to her father's tactics.
Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru’s ninth president in a decade at an official ceremony in Lima on Tuesday, Agence France-Presse journalists observed. The conservative 51-year-old won June’s run-off by fewer than 50,000 votes and will govern until 2031. Fujimori, the daughter of a former president jailed for human rights abuses, will become Peru’s ninth president in a decade. The 51-year-old is hoping to stabilise the country’s turbulent politics. Over the past decade, only three of Peru’s...
Keiko Fujimori was elected president and many people are sceptical she will be able to unite Peru as promised.
Announcement comes days after Peru's electoral agency certified right-wing Fujimori as winner in razor-thin race.
The daughter of disgraced president Alberto Fujimori is declared winner of tight race nearly a month after voting took place.
Electoral authority solidifies right-wing Fujimori's narrow victory over leftist Roberto Sanchez.
Peru's conservative president-elect Keiko Fujimori vows that the ‘doors to dialogue will always be open.’
Daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori says the country is closer to 'order and hope' after prolonged vote count.
Peru’s conservative president-elect Keiko Fujimori vowed on Monday to restore “order and hope” after defeating left-winger Roberto Sanchez in the latest victory for a resurgent Latin American right. Fujimori won the June 7 presidential run-off by the slimmest of margins, outpolling Sanchez by fewer than 50,000 votes out of the more than 18 million ballots cast, the final results showed. “Each time we draw closer to starting on the path of order and hope for all Peruvians,” she wrote on X after...