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Peru Swears In Keiko Fujimori: First Elected Female President Inherits a Divided Country
['Latintimes Staff Reporter']
Latin Times
The ceremony landed on the 205th anniversary of Peruvian independence — the date Peru has used for decades to hand over presidential power.
A second, separate milestone followed on July 15, when election authorities handed Fujimori and her running mates their formal credentials in a ceremony at Lima's Gran Teatro Nacional.
Sánchez has since kept calling backers into the streets, and demonstrations tied to his objections continued around Tuesday's ceremony.
A Dynasty Comes Back to Government PalaceFujimori's swearing-in returns her family's name to executive power roughly 26 years after her father's government collapsed.
Outgoing interim President José María Balcázar hosted the visiting leaders at a dinner the night before the ceremony.