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Article: PERU: CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ACCUSES PRESIDENT ALEJANDRO TOLEDO OF FALSIFYING CAMPAIGN SIGNATURES.
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- NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs
- Article date:
- May 13, 2005
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A congressional committee has called for the censure of Peru's President Alejandro Toledo over what it said was a criminal conspiracy to manufacture a large number of signatures during his campaign drive in 2001. This means that Latin America's least popular president, in terms of popularity surveys, is facing his greatest political challenge to date. With one year left in his term, Toledo, his family members, and associates will have to overcome many corruption accusations if he wants to leave office without being impeached.
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