Alejandro Toledo
Alejandro Toledo
Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manriqueis a Peruvian politician who was president of Peru, from 2001 to 2006. He was elected in April 2001, defeating former President Alan García. Toledo came to international prominence after leading the opposition against President Alberto Fujimori, who held the presidency from 1990 to 2000...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 March 1946
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Tonight Peruvians celebrate the triumph of democracy, ... I swear, brothers and sisters, I will never let you down.
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But prudence can also be understood as the difference between good and bad. I know the road we've taken is the good and prudent one.
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It's not only a legal matter, it's also a moral and ethical matter that the country needs to clear up, ... What we're trying to do, while giving him all the rights to due process, is to finally bring him to justice.
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The only remaining recourse is to forward all the charges against Fujimori to an international tribunal.
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We started and are about to finish negotiating free trade agreements
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We're aware that voting is obligatory. Let's see if they can collect fines from 5 million Peruvians.
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We are continuing our campaign ... until the day when a clean election is carried out,
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They are dressing up the results without listening to the will of the people, ... I want them to know if they attempt to twist the will of the people that I will be the first to go to the streets at the front of the line, to defend the rights of the nation.
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This is an enormous responsibility: the responsibility to maintain peace and international security and resolve controversies that may arise in the world,
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I think that was the right thing to do. If we would have participated, we would have participated in a fraudulent process.
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If something happens it will be because the intelligence services provoke incidents to discredit us.
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I already know who won today's election, ... Because this vote was carried out according to regulations, Peru and democracy have won today.
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clear the present government was administering the electoral process.
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I'm very sorry that President Alberto Fujimori and the National Election Board have decided to push the country to a crisis with unforeseen consequences.