{"id":8133,"date":"2026-07-27T23:36:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T23:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/27\/will-perus-new-leader-keiko-fujimori-reject-her-fathers-legacy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T23:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T23:36:30","slug":"will-perus-new-leader-keiko-fujimori-reject-her-fathers-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/27\/will-perus-new-leader-keiko-fujimori-reject-her-fathers-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Peru\u2019s new leader Keiko Fujimori reject her father\u2019s legacy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keiko Fujimori was elected president and many people are sceptical she will be able to unite Peru as promised.<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>It took four attempts over 15 years, but Keiko Fujimori has finally got Peru\u2019s top job. She\u2019s making history as the first woman to be elected president. Her victory makes Peru the latest in a string of Latin American countries to swing to the right.<\/p>\n<p>Fujimori defeated her left-wing rival by a narrow margin, and she will govern over a divided country. Many people are sceptical she will be able to unite Peru as promised, worried that instead, she will take after her father. The late president Alberto Fujimori was convicted and imprisoned for human rights abuses and corruption. Will his example guide her government?<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/6\/30\/peru-elects-keiko-fujimori-in-victory-for-latin-american-right\">Peru elects Keiko Fujimori in victory for Latin American right<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/3\/keiko-fujimori-officially-declared-winner-of-peru-presidential-race\">Keiko Fujimori officially declared winner of Peru presidential race<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/10\/perus-president-elect-fujimori-says-she-wants-to-restore-ties-with-mexico\">Peru\u2019s President-elect Fujimori says she wants to restore ties with Mexico<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Will Keiko Fujimori become Peru\u2019s first leader in years to complete her term \u2013 or will her time in office be short-lived?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> James Bays<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jose Ragas \u2013 Historian and assistant professor at the Catholic University of Chile<\/p>\n<p>Renata Segura \u2013 Programme director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the International Crisis Group<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Sabatini \u2013 Director of the Latin America Programme at Chatham House<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keiko Fujimori was elected president and many people are sceptical she will be able to unite Peru as promised. It took four attempts over 15 years, but Keiko Fujimori has finally got Peru\u2019s top job. She\u2019s making history as the first woman to be elected president. Her victory makes Peru the latest in a string &#8230; <a title=\"Will Peru\u2019s new leader Keiko Fujimori reject her father\u2019s legacy?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/27\/will-perus-new-leader-keiko-fujimori-reject-her-fathers-legacy\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Will Peru\u2019s new leader Keiko Fujimori reject her father\u2019s legacy?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}