Keiko Fujimori Takes Office as Peru’s President

with a thin margin and a controversial legacyPeru’s new president Keiko Fujimori. Keiko Fujimori is the first woman elected to Peru’s presidency. By Alejandro Repenning López (El Mostrador)HAVANA TIMES – On July 28, twenty-six years after her father, Alberto Fujimori, resigned by fax from Japan, Keiko Fujimori will become the first woman President of Peru. Keiko Fujimori’s past management of a “parliamentary government” made her an effective opposition leader against numerous presidents, both elected and interim. Photo: EFE/ Fuerza PopularThe Challenge: Controlling Peru’s Political VolatilityThe fact that eight presidents have occupied the Government Palace (Casa de Pizarro), located in Lima’s Plaza Mayor, in just ten years reflects the profound deterioration of Peru’s political and party system.