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In June 2009, Human Rights Watch condemned the Peruvian government's decision to revoke the broadcast license of a local radio station stating that "The timing and circumstances of the revocation suggest that it may have been an act of censorship, or punishment, in response to coverage of anti-government protests on June 5, 2009."
The crisis ended when the Peruvian armed forces recaptured the embassy in a military action called Operation Chavín de Huántar, which allowed the release of the hostages with the exception of Carlos Giusti Acuña, a member of the Supreme Court, who died in the exchange of shots with the subversive group. The final result was the death of the ...
The Peruvian crisis reflects a prolonged power struggle, said Julio César Baluarte, who gave up law and political science to pursue acting in his homeland. He believes the constitution must be ...
On 14 September 2010, Javier Velásquez resigned the office of Prime Minister of Peru because of his intention to run for President of Peru, but he wasn't elected in the primary elections. President García appointed Education Minister José Antonio Chang as Prime Minister, but he only lasted until March 2011, because he needed to take care of ...
In July 2009, Fujimori was sentenced to 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 years imprisonment for embezzlement after he admitted to giving US$15 million from the Peruvian treasury to Montesinos. [123] Two months later, he pleaded guilty in a fourth trial to bribery and received an additional six-year term. [ 124 ]
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Vladimiro Lenin Ilich Montesinos Torres (Spanish pronunciation: [bla.ð̞iˌmi.ɾo ˌle.nĩn iˌlit͡ʃ mõn̪.t̪eˌsi.nos ˈt̪o.res]; born May 20, 1945) is a Peruvian former intelligence officer and lawyer, most notorious for his role as the head of Peru's National Intelligence Service (SIN) during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori.
Victor Mendoza, the president of a farming co-op near the sprawling Yanacocha gold mine in northern Peru, with his 10-year-old son. The mine, built two decades ago with the financial backing of the International Finance Corp., the private-lending arm of the World Bank, is deeply unpopular in this region.