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...supposedly took over 24 hours to tally the last 7 percent of the vote suggests that what was actually happening was that Fujimori was coming under a barrage of criticism and warnings of dire consequences if he claimed a first-round victory," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim McGirk. "He came under considerable pressure from the United States, the European Union and the Organization of American States to accept a second-round runoff in light of widespread allegations of electoral fraud. And there were tens of thousands of people in the streets of Peru's major cities, vowing...
...dismissed the constitutional court judges who demurred. But despite the strong public support he won in the early '90s for reining in inflation and facing down two leftist guerrilla insurgencies, many voters have turned against Fujimori. "The economy is stagnating with some 60 percent underemployment in urban areas," says McGirk. "After Fujimori's 10 years in power, many people think he has run out of steam...
...also have an advantage in his own rags-to-riches story. Some 45 percent of Peru's 25 million people are Indian, and a further 37 percent are of Mestizo (mixed) heritage. "Peru's politics have traditionally pitched a white oligarchy against the indigenous and Mestizo masses," says McGirk. "But Fujimori wasn't a member of the traditional elite, either. In the end, it may be a combination of Toledo's impoverished background and the fact that he's a respected economist that gives voters hope that he'll be able to understand their problems and help them...
...came into effect only after his initial election - and had congress dismiss three constitutional court judges who challenged this interpretation. "His critics also say that in order to be reelected, he's put the brakes on economic reforms and veered toward populism," says TIME Latin American bureau chief Tim McGirk. "More than one third of Peru's population now receives daily meals and milk from the government." And that dependency also creates political power, with numerous reports of villagers being threatened with losing government support if they vote for the opposition. When the election season began, state-controlled media...
...leftist guerrillas and right-wing paramilitaries but the armed forces themselves and even the civilian leadership: Pastrana's predecessor, President Ernesto Samper, for example, has been accused of taking some $6 million in campaign contributions from drug barons. "There's general agreement that President Pastrana is pretty clean," says McGirk. "But it's hard to know how deep the corruption in the military goes. It's definitely there, because it's plain to see that the FARC sometimes has access to intelligence about raids by the military before they occur...