Protests in Lima as Keiko Fujimori sworn in as Peru president

Keiko Fujimori has been sworn in as Peru's president amid protests and promises to crackdown on crime.

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Conservative leader Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru's president on Tuesday after winning the June presidential runoff by a marg

She becomes the ninth president in a decade where every leader since the 1990s has been impeached, imprisoned or targeted in criminal investigations.

On July 28, twenty-six years after her father, Alberto Fujimori, resigned by fax from Japan, Keiko Fujimori becomes the first woman President of Peru.

The conservative 51-year-old, who was sworn in as Peru's ninth president in ten years, has proposed fighting crime by expelling undocumented people, setting up courts with anonymous judges and making prisoners work for their food.

Keiko Fujimori has been sworn in as Peru’s president after a narrow victory in the June runoff election

Keiko Fujimori is inaugurated as Peru’s president following a narrow election victory  AP News

Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as president of Peru on Tuesday and announced that the armed forces will temporarily assume internal control during states of emergency to confront organized crime, in coordination with the National Police. The ceremony took place at Congress on July 28, the anniversary of the country's inde

Conservative leader Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru’s president Tuesday after winning the June presidential election by a margin of fewer than 50,000 votes.

The 51-year-old daughter of the late former President Alberto Fujimori, Peru's new conservative leader has pledged to fight crime with an "iron fist."

The Popular Force leader becomes Peru's first female president, returning Fujimorism to power after 26 years. She is due to deliver her inaugural address and unveil her cabinet. King Felipe VI attended the ceremony in Lima.

The historic inauguration marks the return of Fujimorism after almost 30 years and makes the new leader the first woman elected by popular vote to lead the country

Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru’s ninth president in a decade at an official ceremony in Lima on Tuesday, Agence France-Presse journalists observed. The conservative 51-year-old won June’s run-off by fewer than 50,000 votes and will govern until 2031. Fujimori, the daughter of a former president jailed for human ri

After 15 years of failed attempts and four presidential campaigns, Keiko Fujimori became Peru's first woman elected president by popular vote

Keiko Fujimori is about to take on one of Latin America’s most perilous political jobs as the new president of Peru.

Keiko Fujimori’s party wins Senate presidency in Peru ahead of presidential inauguration  Toronto Star