Archive for May 27th, 2004

Fujimori Flees Following Advice From Fortuneteller

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glasscastle - May 27, 2004 @ 9:27 pm · ESL Links

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) – A fortuneteller told Peru’s disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori (news – web sites) to flee in 2000 and warned him of the huge corruption scandal that caused his government to collapse, a videotape showed on Wednesday.






 

The video was given anonymously to lawmaker Anel Townsend and partly shown on Peruvian television.


It showed Fujimori, now in self-imposed exile in Tokyo, knew his control was slipping after ruling for 10 years and consulted a clairvoyant.


Fujimori asked if it was viable to flee to Japan or the United States, the female fortuneteller said: “It would be good.”


Additional juicy details from the Ecuadorian press claim that 1) the fortuneteller in question was an Israeli woman named “Jennifer”, and 2) that she was recommended to the ex-President of Peru by the ex-President of Ecuador, Jamil Mahuat, who was also kicked out of office


The Dowbrigade will try to dig up more details on this one as well


story from Reuters


story from El Commerico (in Spanish)

Scandal of the Day

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glasscastle - May 27, 2004 @ 9:17 pm · ESL Links

The scandal of the day (all week, actually) here in Ecuador concerns the Ecuadorian Minister of Social Welfare, Patricio Acosta, whose wife, despite carrying a diplomatic passport, was denied entry to the United States over the weekend at the Miami airport and unceremoneously put back on the next flight to Ecuador.


The rumors about the how and why behind this embarassing setback are swirling around the political and social circles of Quito and Guayaquil.  Some say the US government is investigating both Acosta and his wife for corruption and money laundering.  Other