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The Fall of Fujimori by Ellen Perry | Click to read the synopsis

In 1990, an unknown candidate named Alberto Fujimori rode a wave of popular support to become the president of Peru. He fought an all-out war on terror against the guerilla organization Shining Path, and won. Ten years later, accused of kidnapping, murder and corruption, he fled Peru to Japan, where he was in exile for four years. | Read the synopsis »

Premiered: July 18, 2006 at 10PM | Check for Rebroadcasts

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"Alberto Fujimori is a tragic figure, and I think that's compelling for any storyteller. He was a gentleman who rode in on the horse of democracy, wanting to save his people, but by the end of his ten-year presidency he was completely drunk with power."
  —Ellen Perry

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Alberto Fujimori and his wife at the time of his first presidential win, Susana Higuchi

THE RISE OF ALBERTO FUJIMORI

Peru emerged from military rule in 1980 and endured political violence, terrorist attacks, severe inflation and a stagnant economy in the years leading up to Fujimori’s election in 1990. Find out more about this tumultuous time in Peru’s history. » 

Shining Path leader Abimael Guzman, wearing striped prison garb

PERU'S WAR ON TERROR

Robert Goldman, the former UN Human Rights Commission's independent expert on human rights and terrorism, describes Fujimori's aggressive methods against terrorist groups like the Shining Path and the MRTA. What lessons can the U.S. learn from Fujimori and Peru?  » 
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Posted July 6, 2006

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