Fascinating. From Film Shows Rise, Fall of Fujimori’s War on Terror:
When Ellen Perry began making her documentary ‘The Fall of Fujimori,’ she said, she never thought her tale of a government wielding sweeping police powers in the name of democracy would become a story with eerie parallels to the U.S.-led war on terrorism.Iron-fisted Alberto Fujimori ruled Peru from 1990 to 2000, before fleeing to Japan amid allegations of murder and corruption.
He was democratically elected in 1990, but used dictatorial powers throughout his reign while proclaiming that his actions were done in the name of democracy to defeat a brutal insurgency.
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Even while death squads roamed Peru, his government built schools, provided food and clothes to the poor, tamed inflation of more than 7,600 percent in 1990 and ended guerrilla warfare and terrorism waged by the Shining Path and other groups.“On paper, he was extremely successful,” Perry told Reuters. “The questions lie in how he did it. (His methods) were draconian. They were unconstitutional. They were undemocratic, but do the benefits outweigh the consequences?”