1992 Peruvian self-coup
| Fujimorazo | |||||||||
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| Part of the Internal conflict in Peru | |||||||||
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Pro-Fujimori protesters |
Anti-Fujimori protesters | ||||||||
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Thousands of soldiers Tanks Armored personnel carriers | None | ||||||||
| On November 26, 2007, ten former government officials were sentenced by the Supreme Court of Peru for their role in the self-coup. | |||||||||
The 1992 Peruvian self-coup, sometimes known as the Fujimorazo, was performed in Peru in 1992 after President Alberto Fujimori dissolved the Congress as well as the judiciary and assumed full legislative and judicial powers. With the collaboration of the military, the Fujimori government arrested prominent opposition leaders and journalists, as well as seized government buildings.
Following the coup, the Fujimori government subsequently began to implement objectives of the Green Plan. Most Peruvian politicians, intellectuals and journalists criticized the coup, while security forces, most of the private business sector and a substantial part of the public supported Fujimori.
The coup ended Peru's democratic system which had been in place since the end of military rule in 1980. The coup occurred in the context of an economic crisis, political gridlock, organized crime, and terrorism from the Shining Path.