{"id":2404,"date":"2004-05-27T21:27:35","date_gmt":"2004-05-28T01:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2004\/05\/27\/fujimori-flees-following-advice-from-f"},"modified":"2004-05-27T21:27:35","modified_gmt":"2004-05-28T01:27:35","slug":"fujimori-flees-following-advice-from-fortuneteller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2004\/05\/27\/fujimori-flees-following-advice-from-fortuneteller\/","title":{"rendered":"Fujimori Flees Following Advice From Fortuneteller"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LIMA, Peru (Reuters) – A fortuneteller told Peru’s disgraced ex-President Alberto Fujimori (news<\/A> – web sites<\/A>) to flee in 2000 and warned him of the huge corruption scandal that caused his government to collapse, a videotape showed on Wednesday. <\/FONT>
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The video was given anonymously to lawmaker Anel Townsend and partly shown on Peruvian television.
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It showed Fujimori, now in self-imposed exile in Tokyo, knew his control was slipping after ruling for 10 years and consulted a clairvoyant.
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Fujimori asked if it was viable to flee to Japan or the United States, the female fortuneteller said: “It would be good.” <\/P>
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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<\/EM><\/P>
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The Dowbrigade will try to dig up more details on this one as well<\/EM><\/P>
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story from Reuters<\/A><\/P>
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story from El Commerico <\/A>(in Spanish)<\/P><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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