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Fujimori's Peru - Deception in the Public Sphere (Paperback, New edition): Catherine M. Conaghan

Fujimori's Peru - Deception in the Public Sphere (Paperback, New edition)

Catherine M. Conaghan

Series: Pitt Latin American Series

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Alberto Fujimori ascended to the presidency of Peru in 1990, boldly promising to remake the country. Ten years later, he hastily sent his resignation from exile in Japan, leaving behind a trail of lies, deceit, and corruption. While piecing together the shards of Fujimori’ s presidency, prosecutors uncovered a vast criminal conspiracy fueled by political ambition and personal greed.
The Fujimori regime managed to maintain a facade of democracy while systematically eviscerating democratic institutions and the rule of law through legal subterfuge, intimidation, and outright bribery. The architect of this strategy was Fujimori’ s notorious intelligence advisor, Vladimiro Montesinos. With great skill, Fujimori and Montesinos created the appearance of a democratic public sphere but ensured it would work only to suit their personal motives. The press was allowed to operate, but information exchange was under strict control. The more government officials tampered with the free flow of ideas, the more they inadvertently exposed the ills they were trying to cover up. And that proved to be their downfall.
Merging penetrating analysis and a journalist’ s flair for narrative, Catherine Conaghan reveals the thin line between democracy and dictatorship, and shows how public institutions can both empower dictators and bring them down.

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Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Pitt Latin American Series
Release date: July 2006
First published: July 2006
Authors: Catherine M. Conaghan
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 328
Edition: New edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-5943-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Totalitarianism & dictatorship
Books > History > General
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LSN: 0-8229-5943-7
Barcode: 9780822959434

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