Peru takes ultraconservative turn as Fujimori becomes president

Keiko Fujimori was sworn in on Monday as Peru's new president, the country's ninth chief executive in just ten years. Her electoral victory was razor-thin—only fifty thousand votes separated her from left-wing rival Roberto Sanchez. Per France 24, Fujimori is wasting no time, already assembling her cabinet and rolling out measures with an emphasis on fighting crime, as Peru faces its worst security crisis in decades.

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