There are great reasons to celebrate. This is a gigantic step toward the recovery of democracy and liberty.

Now, the country is very apprehensive,

We are now beginning to see the fruits of the sacrifice it has taken to maintain discipline and achieve sustained economic growth,

Although back in 2001 many people thought we were insane to set the goal of doubling our exports by the end of our administration, we were able to reach it a year before our promise,...

Changing the date is absolutely necessary to have free and democratic elections in Peru,

I blame the president … for the possible consequences of leading Peru … to instability in a country on a razor’s edge,

We need to accelerate the process. That’s why we’re here,

We started and are about to finish negotiating free trade agreements

When we opened the closet to see grandmother’s jewels, we found that everything had been stolen,

We are continuing our campaign … until the day when a clean election is carried out,

We want to expand the bases of support for a free trade agreement with the United States, and therefore we have to talk with the Democrats,

It’s not only a legal matter, it’s also a moral and ethical matter that the country needs to clear up, … What we’re trying to do, while giving him all the rights to due process,...

May those who are still hidden in the mountains hear me. I am not going to give you a truce,

We’re aware that voting is obligatory. Let’s see if they can collect fines from 5 million Peruvians.

You cannot redistribute what you don’t have. We deliberately designed some specific social programs, but did not design the economy to have a trickle-down effect, … We have planted a seed and I have paid...

Tonight Peruvians celebrate the triumph of democracy, … I swear, brothers and sisters, I will never let you down.

in the same fraudulent process.

The only remaining recourse is to forward all the charges against Fujimori to an international tribunal.

I already know who won today’s election, … Because this vote was carried out according to regulations, Peru and democracy have won today.

I am stubborn, and I believe it is not incompatible to respect the law and to be strong-handed with regard to the issue of terrorism and drug trafficking,

But prudence can also be understood as the difference between good and bad. I know the road we’ve taken is the good and prudent one.

I don’t negotiate with gangsters. I call on Fujimori to step down tomorrow.

Dictators do not leave power voluntarily; that was the case in Indonesia with Suharto, that was the case with Marcos in the Philippines, that was the case with Pinochet in Chile, and we need to...

In our fight to recover democracy in Peru, we will not put all our eggs in the basket of the Organization of American States.

Peru needs reconciliation, but it can’t be done like this. Peru cannot be kidnapped by the military commanders and you cannot permit negotiations with a gun to your head.

poverty and exclusion conspire against peace, security and democracy.

If something happens it will be because the intelligence services provoke incidents to discredit us.

Nobody suspected that 12 months before … that we could bring down dictatorship and have new elections, … respected the results.

clear the present government was administering the electoral process.

war with no ambiguities whatsoever against terrorism and drug trafficking.

The armed forces and the police should be subordinated to the authority elected by the popular sovereignty.

We will see what happens,

I’m very sorry that President Alberto Fujimori and the National Election Board have decided to push the country to a crisis with unforeseen consequences.

It doesn’t make sense that Wall Street applauds us because we do things well at the macro level. The objective is that that healthy economic growth is reflected in the reduction of extreme poverty,

I think that was the right thing to do. If we would have participated, we would have participated in a fraudulent process.

a close linkage with her.

They are dressing up the results without listening to the will of the people, … I want them to know if they attempt to twist the will of the people that I will be the...

I am following minute by minute the unfolding of this tragic accident,

This is an enormous responsibility: the responsibility to maintain peace and international security and resolve controversies that may arise in the world,