Fujimori’s funeral draws well-wishers as well as detractors as debate over his legacy continues to roil the country.
Peru is holding a state funeral for former President Alberto Fujimori, capping three days of national mourning for the leader who died this week and spent time in prison for corruption and human rights abuses during his rule.
The funeral began at the National Theatre in the capital, Lima, on Saturday before an audience that chanted the ex-president’s nickname, “Chino”, affectionately given due to his Japanese heritage.
His daughter Keiko Fujimori spoke in front of a large photo of her father.
Many Peruvians credit Fujimori with stabilising the economy through a programme of economic shock therapy and dismantling the fearsome Maoist rebel group Shining Path during his rule throughout the 1990s.
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