ITALY: PERU PRESIDENT ALEJANDRO TOLEDO STOPS IN ROME AS A FIRST LEG OF A EUROPEAN TOUR

Record ID: 442973

  • Title: ITALY: PERU PRESIDENT ALEJANDRO TOLEDO STOPS IN ROME AS A FIRST LEG OF A EUROPEAN TOUR
  • Date: 4th December 2002
  • Summary: (W7) ROME, ITALY (DECEMBER 04, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV/SV CAR ARRIVING/ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER SILVIO BERLUSCONI GREETING PERUVIAN PRESIDENT ALEJANDRO TOLEDO (3 SHOTS) 0.20 2. LV/MCU/SV BERLUSCONI AND TOLEDO WALKING IN FRONT OF HONOUR GUARD (4 SHOTS) 0.42 3. SLV/MCU/SV BERLUSCONI AND TOLEDO MEETING (4 SHOTS) 0.56 4. SV/SLV JOURNALISTS/BERLUSCONI AND TOLEDO ENTERING NEWS CONFERENCE ROOM (2 SHOTS) 1.11 5. CU OF FLAGS 1.15 6. MCU (Spanish) ALEJANDRO TOLEDO, PERUVIAN PRESIDENT SAYING: "My government won in Peru. My purpose was to bring forward a clean, clear and just electoral process within democratic norms. Also, I haven't been elected to rule for my political party, I'm the president of all Peruvians. But "Peru possible" is the second political force in Peru." 1.44 7. SV PRESS CONFERENCE (2 SHOTS) 1.54 8. MCU (Italian) SILVIO BERLUSCONI, ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER, SAYING: "Today, Peru is a country with sure rules and with a stable leadership. Rules and stability attract capital and investment. In this context, a positive relationship for both nations can develop." 2.15 9. MCU JOURNALIST 2.18 10. SLV BERLUSCONI AND TOLEDO LEAVING NEWS CONFERENCE ROOM 2.29 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 19th December 2002 12:00
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  • Location: ROME, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVAA7VB2NIIHOWFGLWJPCZFB77G4
  • Story Text: Speaking at a news conference in Rome, Peru president
    Alejandro Toledo has defended his performance after his party
    was trounced in recent local elections. Italian prime minister
    Silvio Berlusconi praised Toledo saying that the democracy he
    brought to Peru nation will earn the impoverished nation much
    needed foreign investment.



    Peru president Alejandro Toledo stopped in Rome on
    Wednesday (December 4) as a first leg of a European tour that
    is going to take him to also to Brussels, London and Vatican
    City.

    Speaking at a news conference, after meeting Italian prime
    minister Silvio Berlusconi, Toledo said: "My government won in
    Peru. My purpose was to bring forward a clean, clear and just
    electoral process within democratic norms."
    Toledo was defending his leadership after his party, "Peru
    Possible", was trounced in mid-November elections for leaders
    of new regional governments that will share power with the
    capital in an effort to help the Andean nation's impoverished
    areas
    "Also, I haven't been elected to rule for my political
    party, I'm the president of all Peruvians. But "Peru possible"
    is the second political force in Peru," Toledo added.

    Leading opposition party American Popular Revolutionary
    Alliance (APRA) won 11 regional leadership seats, while
    independent candidates secured 13, according to a partial
    count late from electoral agency ONPE.

    Toledo's party walked away with one seat in the vote to
    select 25 regional government heads and more than 1,800
    mayors.

    The pledge to mete out power in a nation nearly the size
    of Alaska -- boasting thick jungles, snow-capped peaks and
    vast deserts -- to help far-flung regions overcome poverty has
    been a cornerstone of Toledo's governing plan.

    But predicting defeat for Toledo in his first electoral
    test since he took office in July 2001, analysts warned that
    Toledo's ability to rule could be sapped as Lima shares powers
    with regional rivals as never before.

    Toledo's popularity has slid to nearly 20 percent as many
    in this poor nation, where 54 percent of people live on $1.25
    or less a day, say he has yet to deliver on campaign pledges.

    Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, praised Toledo
    for how he grew out of poverty, managed to achieve a great
    electoral victory and restored proper democratic rule in his
    country.

    "Today, Peru is a country with sure rules and with a
    stable leadership," he said.

    "Rules and stability attract capital and investment. In
    this context, a positive relationship for both nations can
    develop," Berlusconi added.



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