No alliances will be made with Lima Mayor Castañeda for upcoming 2011 presidential elections, says Simon
August 17, 2009 by Ellie Griffis · Leave a Comment
Former premier and head of the Peruvian Humanist Movement Yehude Simon said Friday that his party would not be making any alliances with the “authoritarian” Lima Mayor Luis Castañeda Lossio for the upcoming 2011 presidential elections. “We have a different vision,” said Simon, who compared Castañeda’s style to that of Ollanta Humala, head of Peru’s [...]
Ex-presidential body guard ‘Lady Bi’ under arrest
July 3, 2008 by Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES · Leave a Comment
Lady Bardales, the ex-police lieutenant and bodyguard to former President Alejandro Toledo, was escorted Thursday to Peru’s Justice Palace under heavy guard to face charges of illegal enrichment after eluding authorities for more than seven months. Dubbed “Lady Bi” by Peru’s tabloid press — an allusion to Britain’s Princess Diana — Bardales was thrust into [...]
Antauro Humala begins trial for 2005 assault on police station
March 28, 2008 by Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES · Leave a Comment
Antauro Humala and more than 170 of his ultra-nationalist followers began trial today for the January 2005 assault on a remote police station in the southern town of Andahuaylas, in ApurĂmac Department. State prosecutors have requested a 35-year sentence and expulsion from the country following completion of their sentence for all of the defendants. The [...]
Former media owner released from prison
March 26, 2008 by Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES · Leave a Comment
A tabloid newspaper owner convicted of taking bribes from former intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos to run smear campaigns against opponents of ex-president Alberto Fujimori got an early release from prison yesterday. MoisĂ©s Wolfenson was released from Lima’s San Jorge prison after Peru’s highest court, the Constitutional Tribunal, ruled that penitentiary officials miscalculated time, served during [...]
