World & Nation
Former Peruvian President Alan Garcia died after shooting himself as police waited Wednesday to arrest him on corruption allegations involving a massive Latin American bribery scandal.
April 17, 2019
The suicide of former President Alan Garcia has shocked Peruvians and sparked a debate swirling Thursday on television channels and in newspaper columns: What will be the price of the country’s painful reckoning with corruption?
April 18, 2019
President Alan Garcia has hinted vaguely that he temporarily suspended government control of Peru’s 10 private banks to block the possibility of a coup.
Aug. 11, 1987
Peru’s National Election Board declared that Alan Garcia, leader of the center-left APRA party, is Peru’s president-elect, and no runoff election will be held even though Garcia did not win a majority in the April 14 election.
June 2, 1985
Former president Alan Garcia returned from exile to the cheers of supporters Saturday, launching his drive to recapture the presidency of the homeland he fled nearly a decade ago amid charges of corruption.
Jan. 28, 2001
President-elect Alan Garcia of Peru named the architect of his economic plan to three key posts in the Cabinet that takes office July 28.
July 21, 1985
When the mood strikes him, Peru’s 36-year-old, shoot-from-the-hip president wanders out onto the balcony of the palace and harangues passers-by in the street below.
Oct. 12, 1985
Voters return Alan Garcia to the office he left 16 years ago. He defeats Ollanta Humala, who was openly backed by Venezuela’s Chavez.
June 5, 2006
Peru’s ruling American Popular Revolutionary Alliance named President Alan Garcia’s chief rival to its top administrative post, effectively giving him control over the party.
Dec. 21, 1988
Peruvian President Alan Garcia declared a freeze on state hiring and most official travel as part of a strict austerity plan to cut a soaring inflation rate, the government news agency Andina said.
Sept. 25, 1988