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Alberto Fujimori, Peru’s divisive former president, died aged 86. Mr Fujimori’s decade in office between 1990 and 2000 was marked by authoritarian rule. While many Peruvians credit him for propelling growth and fighting Maoist terrorism, others remember his trampling of democracy and complicity in a death squad. In 2009 he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for several convictions, including murder. Last year he was released from jail on health grounds.
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