Word: peruvians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rosenberg of the Overseas Development Council has argued, is that the commitment to democracy and fairness was largely formal. Money and connections still mean more than formal rights. Civilian control over the military exists in name only, and the government has not had the guts to send a single Peruvian soldier to jail for their many human rights abuses...
...MOST VIABLE force in Peruvian politics has been, traditionally, its hugely popular left-wing political party, APRA, or the Alianze Popular Revolucionaria Americana for short. (APRA is also sometimes known as the Partido Apristo Peruano--that...
With the military still leery of APRA, a more moderate politician, Fernando Belaunde Terry of the Accion Popular, came to power. Belaunde is the Herbert Hoover of Peruvian politics--the economy took one look at him and promptly plunged into chaotic inflation. When he messily nationalized an oil company and the exteme left started clearing its throat in the wings, the military threw him out of power and took over themselves...
...THIS leaves two legacies for Peruvian politics. First, steadily decreasing legitimacy, to the point that now even APRA isn't respected. (That didn't stop Fujimoro from jailing or harassing the top Apristas, although Garcia himself may have escaped...
...forest to plant more coca," answered the pilot. As the chopper circled over the municipal airport, the legislator noticed frantic activity on the runway. "They are loading cocaine," explained his guide. "Why don't the police and the military do something to stop it?" the Congressman asked his Peruvian hosts when he landed. "It is out of my jurisdiction," said the local army commander. "It is too dangerous," said the police chief. "It is hopeless," concluded the Congressman...