Posts Tagged ‘Peru’

Van der Sloot pleads guilty to killing Peru woman (AP)

Joran van der Sloot looks back from his seat after entering the courtroom for the continuation of his murder trial at San Pedro prison in Lima, Peru, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2012.  Van der Sloot pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the 2010 murder of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman he met at a Lima casino who was killed five years to the day of the unsolved disappearance in Aruba of an American teen in which he remains the main suspect.  (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)AP – Joran van der Sloot pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the 2010 murder of a Peruvian woman he met at a Lima casino who was killed five years to the day after the unsolved disappearance in Aruba of an American teen in which he remains the main suspect.


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Lori Berenson allowed to leave Peru

Three days after barring her exit, Peruvian migration officials gave paroled American Lori Berenson a document Monday clearing her to leave the country with her toddler son to spend the holidays with her family in New York City.

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Leftist Humala declares victory in Peru election (AP)

AP – Leftist military man Ollanta Humala has declared victory in Peru’s tightly contests presidential runoff, with unofficial results pointing to him scoring a narrow win.

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Unofficial count gives Humala narrow win in Peru (AP)

Supporters of presidential candidate Ollanta Humala dance as they celebrate unofficial exit poll results that put their candidate ahead in the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Sunday June 5, 2011. Peruvians voted Sunday in their country's closely contested presidential race between Keiko Fujimori, daughter of jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori and Ollanta Humala, a former military officer. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP – Unofficial results showed leftist military man Ollanta Humala narrowly winning Sunday’s bitterly contested presidential runoff against the daughter of disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori after promising the poor a greater share of Peru’s mineral wealth.


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Leftist ex-officer tops Peru vote, heads to runoff (AP)

Presidential candidate Ollanta Humala waves to voters outside a polling station in Lima, Peru, Sunday April 10, 2011.  Humala was waiting on his wife, Nadine Heredia, who was inside the polling station casting her vote.  Humala, a former military officer, who promises to favor the poor by redistributing Peru's mineral wealth, was expected to win the most votes in Sunday's presidential elections but fall far short of the outright majority needed to avoid a runoff. (AP Photo/Juan Diego Contreras)AP – Peru’s voters will choose between an ex-army officer who vows to redistribute the nation’s wealth and the daughter of incarcerated former President Alberto Fujimori when they vote for a new president in a June runoff, unofficial results show.


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Leftist ex-officer vs Fujimori in Peru runoff (AP)

Presidential candidate Ollanta Humala, a former military officer, waves after casting his ballot in general elections in Lima, Peru, Sunday April 10, 2011. Humala, who promises to favor the poor by redistributing Peru's mineral wealth, was expected to win the most votes in Sunday's presidential elections but fall far short of the outright majority needed to avoid a runoff. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP – An anti-establishment military man who promises to redistribute Peru’s wealth won the most votes in Sunday’s presidential election and will face the daughter of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori in a runoff, unofficial results showed.


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American Lori Berenson freed from Peru prison (AP)

US citizen Lori Berenson gestures to reporters while arriving to her home after being released from prison in Lima, Peru, Monday Nov. 8, 2010. Berenson, who served three-quarters of a 20-year sentence for collaborating with leftist rebels, walked free for the second time after a judge reinstated her parole initially ruled last May. (AP Photo)AP – American activist Lori Berenson walked free from a Peruvian prison Monday for the second time after serving three-quarters of a 20-year sentence for collaborating with leftist rebels.


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