Article: Peru's presidential election and the war with Ecuador.

Early this year low-level warfare broke out between Peru and Ecuador, with forty-eight miles of undemarcated border apparently in dispute. Fighting was restricted to remote, swampy valleys of 100 degree temperatures and 80 per cent average humidity where few people live. The citizenry was not much affected, save for the rise in nationalist fervour. By mid-February, when a cease-fire was signed, at least 47 were confirmed dead and 94 wounded. Nonetheless, by early March the death count totalled about 90 as sporadic fighting continued unabated. By early April the conflict appeared quiet and Peru's president was re-elected. President Fujimori, re-elected on April 9th, saw his ...

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