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Smile for the camera. Peruvian corruption fighter quits after he is filmed taking a bribe...
...weren't quite so lucky. All three lost their bids for Cabinet-level appointments because they'd hired domestic workers whose immigration status and/or pay situation came under extreme scrutiny. Each has her own story: After eight days of questioning, Baird admitted that her family had employed an illegal Peruvian couple whose wages were not taxed. Chavez insists she did nothing wrong from an employment point of view, claiming that an illegal Guatemalan immigrant living in her home was there out of charity, not to work - which is why Chavez never paid taxes on her wages. She could, however...
Alberto Fujimori was alone in his hotel room in Tokyo--just the disgraced Peruvian ex-President and a sad-looking plate of grapes and bananas. No handlers, no translators, no security. He clicked on a tape recorder himself. He hungrily peeled a red grape before popping it into his mouth. He cut a relaxed figure for someone who had just lost his country. It was time for the interview. "Where is your photographer?" he asked, sounding disappointed. What Fujimori cared about most was appearing on the cover of TIME. "For the cover maybe it would be better outside...
...charges in Peru. He appears to qualify for citizenship because his parents registered his birth at the Japanese consulate in Lima, and that datum was transferred, somehow, into the family registry in their home village in Japan. Immigration authorities were vague about all this, while diplomats prayed the new Peruvian government would not demand that Japan send Fujimori back to face charges. They don't want a Pinochet in their midst...
Would he ever return to Peru on his own? "Maybe sometime," Fujimori said. "Later." For now, he said, he has a "new approach" for fighting corruption and staying involved in Peruvian affairs...