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May 1, 2019: Alan García's Legacy in Peru
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37 minutes
Released:
May 1, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Facing arrest in a corruption scandal, Peru's two-time president Alan García shot himself to death on April 17. WOLA Senior Fellows Jo-Marie Burt and Coletta Youngers discuss the personal journey of a politician who loomed over Peruvian political life for the past 35 years Garcia started out as a leftist, ruled amid some serious human rights crimes and economic crises, and later became a seemingly untouchable power broker—until the Odebrecht corruption investigation. Burt and Youngers explain Peru's current judicial drive against corruption, reasons for hope, and the difficulty of predicting anything in Peruvian politics.
Released:
May 1, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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