Ollanta Humala
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"Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso" is a Peruvian politician who has been President of Peru since 2011. A former army officer, Humala lost the Peruvian general election, 2006/2006 presidential election but won the Peruvian general election, 2011/2011 presidential election in a Two-round system/run-off vote. He was elected as President of Peru in the second round, defeating Keiko Fujimori.

The son of Isaac Humala, a labour lawyer, Humala entered the Peruvian Army in 1982. In the military he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel; in 1992 he fought in the Internal conflict in Peru/internal conflict against the Shining Path and three years later he participated in the Cenepa War against Ecuador. In October 2000, Humala attempted an unsuccessful Coup d'etat/coup d'etat by soldiers in the southern city of Tacna against President Alberto Fujimori; he was pardoned by the Congress of Peru/Peruvian Congress after the downfall of the Fujimori regime.

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This is a process happening throughout the region. New regimes have surged within these conditions, democratically. We are seeing a new face of Latin America. It's trying to construct a family, a Latin American family.

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The armed forces aren't demanding a favor. They are demanding their rights.

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They want to destroy a soldier but I will not permit it.

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You could question his macroeconomics, but Velasco gave dignity to the people who lived in the countryside.

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Next month I'll be going again to Venezuela to participate in an international forum and there's nothing wrong with that. What is wrong with meeting Hugo Chavez? He is the leader of a nation, not a criminal.

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We are the quiet force built up by five centuries of exploitation, tired of living under the dictatorship of the rich and ready to build a new motherland.

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We want more investors to come, to rescue the concept of corporate social responsibility. We will be a government that respects foreign investments, that has a profound respect for private property and freedom of expression.

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We are living a dictatorship of the rich. I am happy that the rich and powerful call me anti-system if it is their system that keeps Peru in poverty and misery.

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The people are waiting for a change and we are on the right road to bring it to them.

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