Alberto Fujimori

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This is a fascinating idea of the ramifications of president’s obsession to fight terrorism. Alberto Fujimori was one of the most popular and vilified presidents in the Latin America who established a podium of the Democratic constituent congress during the independent day in Peru. Some few years later he decided to suspend the constitution and abolished congress in a bloodless coup that was highly backed by the military (Hunefeld, 2012). This discussion seeks to analyze the implication of Alberto Fujimori presidency in and beyond Peru that may cause risk to democracy that is posed by the fight against terrorism.
The first point I would like to make is the abuse of power and government corruption. Fujimori decided to disregards and rationalizes …show more content…

The political thriller movie ‘The Dancer Upstairs’ clearly shows the the rule of Alberto Fujimori, the evolution of guerrilla movement ‘shining path’, and its leader Abigail Guzman. Detective Rejas’s romance with his daughter’s dance teacher who was involved with the shining path leader who detective Rejas was trying to capture shows the intensity of shining path because the involvement of his love with the terrorist he is trying to capture is the last thing he was expecting. The condemnation of rule of Alberto Fujimori can be seen throughout the movie. The fall of Fujimori tells not just abuse of power and even government corruption but it also tells us of one family that is torn apart. The terrorists mercilessly destroyed during the night hours what was patiently done during the day. This is the isolation that a lot of people wanted to overcome when Peru decided to rejoin international financial community and this was prolonged since no investor from foreign land could afford to come to a country that had no even the slightest security for investment or even for the life of the …show more content…

Despite having been reformed and modernized, the state and its constitutions continued to lose its prestige as they were unable to put to an end of the terrorist criminal waves. There was a national government and a lot of criminal forces that was challenging his leadership in an increasingly evident balance of armed power that the people of Peru could not allow (Quezada, 2012).What seemed like a daring attempt was now seen as the looming reality and so people are forced to establish realistic deadlines that once for all will help to finish terrorism in Peru through Tupac Ameru Revolutionary

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