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- WORLD, Page 55World NotesPERUA Shock to The System
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- When Alberto Fujimori was running for President, he promised
- he would not try to revive Peru's disastrous economy with shock
- tactics. Last week Fujimori's two-week-old government unveiled
- an austerity plan that prompted protests and food riots.
- Overnight the price of gasoline jumped from 10 cents per gal.
- to more than $2, and food prices rose 300%. In Lima at least
- three people were killed by police and army troops, who were
- enforcing a state of emergency invoked two days before the
- measures were made public. The plan calls for taxes to be
- raised, import duties to be enforced and controls on currency
- exchange to be lifted.
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- Many Peruvians said they felt betrayed by their new
- President. Fujimori has promised $450 million to help the poor
- survive the economic adjustment, but some Peruvians fear that
- if the situation gets worse, the army will be needed to
- maintain order.
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