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AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America, Caribbean

Edit The Miami Herald 13 Jun 2016
This photo gallery highlights some of the top images from Latin America and the Caribbean that you may have missed last week. Peru held its closest presidential contest in five decades. The daughter of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori, Keiko Fujimori, lost by just 0.2 percentage point to former World Bank economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski ... Haitians are also calling for their president to step down, but with a voodoo ceremony....

With all votes in, Kuczynski celebrates win in Peru election

Edit Topix 12 Jun 2016
Former World Bank economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski won the majority of votes in Peru's closest presidential contest in five decades, election officials announced Thursday, even as his rival Keiko Fujimori has yet to concede defeat. Four days after voting, electoral officials said that all ballots had been processed and Kuczynski had won 50.1 percent compared to 49.9 percent for the daughter of imprisoned ex-President Alberto Fujimori ....

Keiko Fujimori concedes in Peru's presidential election

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 11 Jun 2016
"We democratically accept the results of the electoral commission," said Fujimori, 41, surrounded by her brother, Kenji, and other legislators from her party ... Her father, Alberto Fujimori, led Peru from 1990 to 2000, and during that time he crushed the Shining Path rebel group, which had long terrorised the country. But Alberto Fujimori ruled the country with an iron fist....

Freeing Fujimori may smooth the way for next Peru president

Edit Atlanta Journal 11 Jun 2016
imprisoned ex-President Alberto Fujimori ... Analysts say his best chance to ease hostility could be in releasing Alberto Fujimori to house arrest, freeing him from the prison where he is serving a 25-year sentence for corruption and supporting death squads during his autocratic rule in the 1990s ... imprisoned ex-President Alberto Fujimori ... imprisoned ex-President Alberto Fujimori....

Keiko Fujimori concedes defeat in Peru presidential vote

Edit Belfast Telegraph 11 Jun 2016
The daughter of imprisoned ex-president Alberto Fujimori has conceded defeat to conservative economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, ending five days of suspense in which ballots trickled in from Peru's closest presidential election in decades ... Alberto Fujimori is serving 25 years for corruption and supporting death squads during his authoritarian rule in the 1990s....

Keiko Fujimori gives sour speech after defeat, vows to lead forceful opposition

Edit Indian Express 11 Jun 2016
Fujimori, the 41-year-old daughter of Peru’s jailed ex-authoritarian President Alberto Fujimori, said the centrist former investment banker Kuczynski had only scraped together a narrow victory with the support of “promoters of hate.” ... Alberto Fujimori is now serving a 25-year sentence for graft and human rights abuses during his ......

Fujimori concedes defeat in Peru

Edit Taipei Times 11 Jun 2016
The daughter of imprisoned former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori on Friday conceded defeat to conservative economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, ending five days of suspense over Peru’s closest presidential election in decades ... One way to possibly unlock support in Congress is releasing Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year sentence for corruption and supporting death squads during the 1990s....

Freeing Fujimori may smooth the way for Peru’s next president

Edit Japan Times 11 Jun 2016
The man who stands most to benefit from Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s presidential victory in Peru may be his defeated rival’s father. imprisoned ex-President Alberto Fujimori. Kuczynski began the task of forming a government Friday after rival Keiko Fujimori conceded defeat in Peru’s closest presidential contest in five decades. His margin of victory was less than appeared first on The Japan Times. > ... ....

Fujimori concedes defeat in Peru’s presidential vote

Edit Japan Times 11 Jun 2016
The daughter of imprisoned ex-President Alberto Fujimori conceded defeat to conservative economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on Friday, ending five days of suspense over Peru’s closest presidential election in decades. In a short statement, Keiko Fujimori wished Kuczynski good luck and vowed to lead a responsible opposition to his government in Congress, where her party controls appeared first on The Japan Times. > ... ....

Peru’s Fujimori concedes defeat

Edit The Japan News 11 Jun 2016
The Associated Press LIMA (AP) — The daughter of imprisoned ex-President Alberto Fujimori conceded defeat to conservative economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on Friday, ending five days of suspense over Peru’s closest presidential election in decades. In a short statement, Keiko Fujimori wished Kuczynski good luck and vowed to lead a responsible opposition to his government in congress, where her party controls 73 of 130 seats....

GUE/NGL MEPs congratulate Peruvians on election victory over Fujimoris (European United Left - Nordic Green Left)

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jun 2016
Following the result of the Peruvian election yesterday, GUE/NGL MEPs have congratulated the people of Peru on the defeat of the Fujimori family, while also expressing caution over the future. In the final result, former Wall Street financier, Pablo Kuczynski, narrowly defeated Keiko Fujimori, daughter of incarcerated ex-President Alberto Fujimori, by 50.1 per cent to 49.9 per cent....

A glance at Peru's presidential election

Edit Arizona Daily Star 11 Jun 2016
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former World Bank economist Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has eked out a victory in Peru's closest presidential election since 1962, defeating the daughter of imprisoned ex-President Alberto Fujimori. With all votes counted, electoral authorities said Kuczynski won… ... ....

Peter Thiel 1, Gawker Chapter 11

Edit Vox 11 Jun 2016
Vox Sentences is written by Dylan Matthews and Dara Lind ... [Mother Jones] ... Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is officially the next president of Peru, after his opponent Keiko Fujimori (belatedly) conceded Friday ... Fujimori is the daughter of Alberto Fujimori, who ruled Peru as a right-wing dictator throughout the 1990s ... Keiko Fujimori, unsurprisingly, ran by putting a softer face on her father's legacy and distancing herself from the corruption bit ... ....
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