PERU: President Ollanta Humala at Independence Day military parade in first day on the job

Record ID: 449883

  • Title: PERU: President Ollanta Humala at Independence Day military parade in first day on the job
  • Date: 30th July 2011
  • Summary: LIMA, PERU (JULY 29, 2011) (REUTERS) MILITARY TANKS LINING UP FOR PARADE MILITARY MEMBERS LINING UP FOR PARADE SOLIDER PAINTING HIS FACE TO PARTICIPATE ON PARADE POLICE DOG BOXING MILITARY REHEARSING A CHANT PRESIDENT OLLANTA HUMALA ARRIVING TO PARADE AND WAIVING FROM A VEHICLE PRESIDENT OLLANTA HUMALA GOING UP TO A PODIUM PRESIDENT OLLANTA HUMALA GREETING OTHER OFFICIALS AND FOREIGN LEADERS MILITARY TANKS PASSING BY THE MAIN STAGE BLACK HATS BATALLION PARADING IN FRONT OF PRESIDENT HUMALA PRESIDENT HUMALA AND HIS WIFE, NADINE HEREDIA, CLAP FOR THE SOLDIERS POLICE ARMORED VEHICLE PARADING BY MAIN STAGE ANTI-TERRORIST AGENTS IN CAMOUFLAGE PARADING ON VEHICLES MORE VEHICLES PARADING IN FRONT OF THE MAIN STAGE CANNONS FIRING TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO PRESIDENT HUMALA SOUNDBITE(Spanish) PARADE ATTENDEE ELSA LINARES, SAYING: "I think that at least in his message, he has given us some hope that he will do well and will govern the country." PARADE ATTENDEES LEAVING SOUNDBITE(Spanish) PARADE ATTENDEE GIOVANNA VALLADARES, SAYING: "Regarging president Ollanta, I congratulate him because it seems to me that he's starting out right. His message from yesterday was excellent." PRESIDENT HUMALA AND HIS WIFE LEAVING THE EVENT
  • Embargoed: 14th August 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Peru, Peru
  • Country: Peru
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA24DWZPQO4E97V3DA2PAI67OYJ
  • Story Text: Peruvian president Ollanta Humala celebrated his country's 190th anniversary participating in the independence military parade on Friday (July 29), his frist day as head of the government.
    Hundreds of military members marched on the parade, and thousands of attendees celebrated with them.
    Leftist Ollanta Humala was sworn in as Peru's president on Thursday (July 28), taking over the reins of one of the world's fastest-growing economies as poor voters increasingly demand a share of the country's boom.
    Parade attendee Elsa Linares liked Humala's speech from Thursday.
    "I think that at least in his message, he has given us some hope that he will do well and will govern the country," said Linares.
    Humala, 49, a former army commander, caused a commotion in Congress by promising to uphold the constitution of 1979, instead of the revised charter introduced in 1993 by jailed former President Alberto Fujimori, who unilaterally shut down Congress to consolidate power.
    Legislators from Fujimori's party shouted throughout the ceremony waving copies of the 1993 revised constitution.
    Parade attendee Giovanna Valladares approved of the speech Humala gave.
    "Regarging president Ollanta, I congratulate him because it seems to me that he's starting out right. His message from yesterday was excellent," she said.
    Humala has sought to distinguish himself from his predecessor, Alan Garcia, who was criticized for leaving a third of Peruvians mired in poverty.
    Humala, a former radical, has promised to govern as a moderate and keep much of the existing free-market economic model intact.
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