Dr Natalia Sobrevilla Perea, Reader in Hispanic Studies in the Department of Modern Languages, was interviewed on Monday by France 24 on the Peruvian election.

France 24 is an international news and current affairs television channel based in Paris and Natalia’s comments appear in an article entitled ‘Fujimori legacy weighs on daughter’s presidential bid’ reporting on the daughter of ex-president Alberto Fujimori who has won the first round of presidential elections in Peru.

Keiko Fujimori’s father is currently serving a 25-year term behind bars for corruption and death squad killings in 1991 and 1992 after Peruvian judges found that he authorised the creation of the infamous Grupo Colina commando squad as his government battled leftwing guerrillas. The group carried out extrajudicial killings of Shining Path militants, but also trade unionists and political activists with no direct links to the armed insurgency.

Natalia commented ‘Keiko has campaigned tirelessly since 2011 and the results are very clear’ adding ‘she has successfully replicated her father’s populist strategy and exploited the political structures he built’.

The full article can be seen on the France 24 website.