Peru's poor lose faith in market-friendly president
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Peruvian President Alan Garcia has won over skeptical business leaders and investors during his first year in office, but angry street protests show he has failed to meet the demands of the poor.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva struggled to avoid a run-off in Sunday's presidential election after public disgust over corrupt politics eroded his support in the final days of campaigning.
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Uruguayans dismayed with recent economic turmoil may elect their first leftist president Sunday, joining the leftward drift by voters across South America.
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At 6-foot-3, former President Alan Garcia strikes an imposing figure in his bid for re-election. But he also casts a long shadow of dark memories. To Maria Teresa Chavez, a 46-year-old housewife, Garcia&#039;s 1985-90 administration was a time when she would stand in line for hours, shopping basket stuffed with wads of devalued currency, to buy two pounds of sugar and a can of milk for her children&#039;s breakfast.
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CARACAS, Venezuela President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez of Venezuela has long pledged to buck Washington-backed economic policies in Latin America. Now, two months after winning reelection and consolidating his hold on the country with new powers to rule by decree, he is strengthening economic ties in the region...
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Throughout their history of poverty and political turmoil, Peruvians have been fiercely proud of their elaborate, spicy food and new superstar chefs are now a magnet for culinary tourists.
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SANTA CRUZ BALANYA, Guatemala  - President George W. Bush visited Guatemalan hill towns on Monday to promote U.S. efforts to fight poverty in Latin America, where Washington's power is increasingly being questioned by leftist leaders.
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Peruâs former president, Alberto K. Fujimori, will likely face trial on corruption and human rights charges.
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Peru's government is considering subsidizing some of this Andean nation's poorest people with direct monthly cash payments, President Alejandro Toledo said Thursday.
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Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori lost his fight on Friday to avoid extradition from Chile and was to be taken to Lima to face charges of human rights abuse and corruption dating from his 1990-2000 rule.
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By Jude Webber LIMA, Peru  - Peru has separated the top twoleaders of Shining Path after more than a decade in jail,moving Abimael Guzman's longtime lover to a different prison asit gets tough with rebels who made a mockery of their retrial.
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Mexico's leftist presidential   candidate, whose mass street protests over alleged vote fraud   have put him at odds with much of the country, has now fallen   afoul of the influential Roman Catholic church.
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Political allies of Peru's disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori painted him as a victim and appealed for public support on Monday in his legal battle on charges of corruption and human rights abuses.
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LIMA, Peru  - An ex-soldier and 200 supporters  took over a police station in a poor Andean town on Saturday  and demanded the resignation of President Alejandro Toledo  after a gunfight that injured seven people.
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Peru's president calls for critics to back off as his deputy suffers a heart attack after TV interviews.
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The move signaled a shift by AndrÃ©s Manuel LÃ³pez Obrador, who says he was robbed of a victory in the presidential election.
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Alejandro Toledo grew up shining shoes in a slum, earned a Stanford University graduate degree and a World Bank job, and five years ago became Peru's first democratically elected president of Indian descent. His presidency ends Friday with Peru's economy looking its best in decades.