In Peru, the first man might be an American

[WhiteTara]

http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2009/04/20/in-peru-the-first-man-might-be-an-american/

The American husband of Peruvian lawmaker Keiko Fujimori has become a citizen of Peru, an aide to the legislator said on Monday as she plans a run for the presidency in 2011.

Her father, Alberto Fujimori, 70, was sentenced to 25 years in prison this month for human rights abuses, but Keiko is the already leading the race.

That means her U.S.-born husband, Mark Vito, who will retain his American citizenship, could be the first foreign born first gentleman of Peru. Peru’s current and previous first ladies, Pilar Nores and Eliane Karp, were born outside of Peru and became naturalized citizens.

Keiko, 33, who supports free markets, would get 25 percent of the vote if the election were held today, while Lima Mayor Luis Castaneda would get 19 percent, pollster Ipsos Apoyo said on Sunday.


I'm wondering if she will pardon her father if she gets in office.

[dlwickham]

1. did she end up running 5 years ago?

your article is from 2009 and the election was in 2011

[WhiteTara]

2. What? This was in my today's news feed! Yikes

I think they are having an election now

[dlwickham]

5. Weird

But nothing ever dies on the Internet

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. She won the first round of the presidential election this week

After 99.79% of the votes, Fujimori 39.81%, Kuczynski 20.97%, Mendoza 18.86%

The National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) announced that after counting 99.79% of the total valid votes cast on Sunday, that Popular Strength presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori remains in the lead with 39.81% of the votes.

In second place is Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) of Peruvians for Change with 20.97%, and in third place is Veronika Mendoza of Broad Front with 18.86%, according to Andina news agency.
...
Only one month before the elections, two of the leading presidential candidates were disqualified, allowing their competitors to surge in the polls. Foreign media such as The Economist criticized the electoral system, and the OAS has also called for deep electoral reform.

It is most likely that Keiko Fujimori and PPK will face each other in the second round on June 5.

http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-9979-votes-fujimori-109321

I don't know if she's still married to the American, admittedly.

[StarTrombone]

4. She didn't get elected in 2011

The Peruvian general election, 2011 took place on 10 April 2011. Since no candidate received more than half of all valid votes, a second round was necessary to determine the winner. This second round took place on 5 June and determined the successor of Alan García, as well as 130 members of the Peruvian Congress and 5 members of the Andean Parliament. Former army officer and left-wing politician Ollanta Humala narrowly defeated Keiko Fujimori, daughter of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori.[2] Humala was sworn in on 28 July as 94th President of Peru and is serving a term of five years. Each candidate had two vice-presidential candidates.

She's in a run off again this year

By the time she gets elected the old man will be out of prison

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_general_election,_2011

[winstars]

6. Thanks for the current news... But WTF? The 94TH President of Peru... First one in 1821...

Thats a lot of Presidents...



Must be counting the various generals in military coup category.

[yuiyoshida]

7. I was quite surprised to learn

that South America has quite a few Japanese immigrants there. From what I heard, farm land is scarce in Japan so many farmers left for various parts of South America. I often wonder how the Japanese villages fair, with mixtures of Spanish and Portuguese influencing their native tongue.

I have a friend who lives in Canada. In her village, people there speak English, French and Mandarin often in the same sentence, if you can image that!