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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poverty and exclusion conspire against peace, security and democracy.
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Dictators do not leave power voluntarily; that was the case in Indonesia with Suharto, that was the case with Marcos in the Philippines, that was the case with Pinochet in Chile, and we need to be prepared to confirm the challenge.
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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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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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The only remaining recourse is to forward all the charges against Fujimori to an international tribunal.
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We need to accelerate the process. That's why we're here,
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In our fight to recover democracy in Peru, we will not put all our eggs in the basket of the Organization of American States.
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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.
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I don't negotiate with gangsters. I call on Fujimori to step down tomorrow.
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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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Although back in 2001 many people thought we were insane to set the goal of doubling our exports by the end of our administration, we were able to reach it a year before our promise, ... We hope the next government will set a similar goal, even if it sounds crazy, because we can do it.
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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.