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Global News Blog (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
... which carried out a spectacular rescue of 72 hostages held for four months by the insurgent Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) in the Japanese ambassador’s residence in 1997. But both Defence Minister Ántero Flores Aráoz and National Ombudswoman Beatriz Merino clarified that not a single member of the Chavín de Huantar commando has been tried, let alone jailed. Cabanillas’s draft...
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Global News Blog (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
... (Free Fatherland) organisation, which was accused of operating as the political arm of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) guerrilla group. On Jun. 11, 1992, shortly after the ”self-coup” with which then President Alberto Fujimori dissolved parliament and suspended basic civil liberties, the police arrested Simon, who at the time was editor of the magazine ”Cambio”, considered...
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Financial Time (Free subscription) | 13/10/2008
Yehude Simon, a congress member during Mr García’s first administration in the late 1980s, served time in prison for alleged links to the Tupac Amaru guerrilla movement and was pardoned in 2000. Although Mr Simon was not first choice for the job, many observers say he is a good choice, who may help Mr García’s administration communicate with Peru’s disenchanted leftwing parties and unions.
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France24 (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
Peruvian President Alan Garcia on Saturday named Yehude Simon, a leftist governor once jailed for alleged links to outlawed Tupac Amaru rebels, as the country's next prime minister. Simon, 61, will replace outgoing prime minister Jorge del Castillo, who resigned Friday along with Garcia's entire 13-member cabinet in a bid to avert an opposition censure resolution in Congress over an oil-industry...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 13/10/2008
... first administration in the late 1980s, served time in prison for alleged links to the Tupac Amaru guerrilla movement and was pardoned in 2000. Although Mr Simon was not first choice for the job, many observers say he is a good choice, who may help Mr García's administration communicate with Peru's disenchanted left-wing parties and unions.The president's approval ratings had dipped to 19...
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
... to 1990 during Garcia's first administration. He went to prison for alleged links to leftist Tupac Amaru guerrillas, but was pardoned in 2000 and elected governor of Lambayeque province in 2003.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
... Cabinet. The 61-year-old veterinarian served prison time for alleged links to leftist Tupac Amaru guerrillas.He was pardoned in 2000 and elected governor of Peru's Lambayeque province in 2003.President Alan Garcia still must confirm his selection.
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
... Cabinet. The 61-year-old veterinarian served prison time for alleged links to leftist Tupac Amaru guerrillas. He was pardoned in 2000 and elected governor of Peru's Lambayeque province in 2003. President Alan Garcia still must confirm his selection.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
... Cabinet.
The 61-year-old veterinarian served prison time for alleged links to leftist Tupac Amaru guerrillas.
He was pardoned in 2000 and elected governor of Peru's Lambayeque province in 2003.
President Alan Garcia still must confirm his selection.
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
... Cabinet.The 61-year-old veterinarian served prison time for alleged links to leftist Tupac Amaru guerrillas.He was pardoned in 2000 and elected governor of Peru's Lambayeque province in 2003.President Alan Garcia still must confirm his selection.© Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
... Cabinet.The 61-year-old veterinarian served prison time for alleged links to leftist Tupac Amaru guerrillas.He was pardoned in 2000 and elected governor of Peru's Lambayeque province in 2003.President Alan Garcia still must confirm his selection.
