Keiko Fujimori
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- 5d ago
Costa Rica opens 5,100-place mega-prison modelled on Bukele's El Salvador facility
President Laura Fernández inaugurated the CACCO on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, with first inmate transfers due at the end of October. The prison sits in the La Reforma complex outside San José and is modelled on El Salvador's CECOT.
- 6d ago
Global deforestation fell 15% in 2025 to 7 million hectares, but the Congo Basin is worsening
Global forest loss fell 15% in 2025 to 7 million hectares, according to the Forest Declaration Assessment published on Wednesday, 14 October 2026. The Congo Basin, however, lost 2.4 million hectares, nearly matching tropical Latin America for the first time.
- Oct 13
Peru's Fujimori announces school expulsions and bans on makeup and hair dye
Keiko Fujimori unveiled the plan on Monday, 12 October, in Chaclacayo, east of Lima. The measures, still under consultation, would bring back expulsions and conduct grades and set rules on pupils' appearance and phone use.
- Oct 9
Candidate named Hitler Mussolini wins mayor race in remote Peruvian district
The 45-year-old businessman won 229 of 663 valid votes on 4 October, 25 more than runner-up Gaspar Osorio. He takes office on 1 January, though official proclamation is still pending.
- Jul 28
Keiko Fujimori takes office as Peru's first popularly elected female president, vows military-led crackdown on crime
The right-wing leader, daughter of ex-president Alberto Fujimori, won June's runoff by fewer than 50,000 votes and immediately ordered the military to take charge of internal security in emergency zones.
- Jul 22
Peru: Relatives of state crime victims challenge Keiko Fujimori's legitimacy as president
Relatives of victims of crimes committed by the Peruvian state and civil society groups have questioned the legitimacy of president-elect Keiko Fujimori, warning her government risks democratic backsliding and full impunity.
- Jun 17
Keiko Fujimori edges ahead in Peru's presidential runoff as 256,000 contested ballots await review
Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori holds 50.097% to 49.903% over leftist Roberto Sánchez with over 99% of ballots tallied, but roughly 256,000 disputed votes remain unresolved and final results may not arrive until month's end.
- Jun 6
Peru votes in knife-edge runoff between Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sánchez for ninth president in a decade
Peruvians head to the polls on Sunday in a polarised presidential runoff pitting conservative Keiko Fujimori against leftist Roberto Sánchez, with the winner set to become the country's ninth head of state in ten years.
