Peru bids farewell to polarizing ex-president Fujimori

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 15, 2024 11:30 am

LIMA — Peru bid an emotional farewell on Saturday to its divisive ex-president Alberto Fujimori after three days of national mourning marked by expressions of nostalgia for his iron-fisted rule.

Fujimori was revered by many in Peru for crushing a bloody leftist insurgency and helping shore up the economy while in office from 1990 to 2000.

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