Alberto what were you thinking?

So have you heard of Alberto Fujimori? The ex-President of Peru, he stands accused of several human rights violations in the land that he once ruled, excesses of power during his 10-year rule that ended in 2000 with him fleeing to his ancestral land of Japan.

BUT HE CAME BACK!

Despite the risk of falling in the hands of Peruvian authorities he showed up in Chile in November 2005 and was detained by authorities here in Santiago. An expedition process was started soon after, and he now awaits the final word of a judge who has already received a report recommending his extradition.

The question remains, what did he have up his sleeve? He is not stupid, Fujimori had to have known that he could and would fall into the hands of Chilean authorities. So there is plenty of speculation and rumors surrounding this.

But just when it couldn’t get much stranger, a Japanese political party announces that he will be there candidate for the Japanese senate in an election to be held on July 29! Now, they are claiming “political persecution” against Fujimori from his political enemies in Lima.

What still is not clear however, is exactly what was on this guy’s mind when he thought leaving a sheltered exile in Japan to make another run for Peru! In the meantime, he is under house arrest in his country home, which is far nicer than my apartment.

Races, rides, and other madness....

One has their skills and their faults

I have an announcement to make to the world: I'm no skier. This past weekend I tried out my skill on the slopes of Cerro Colorado, located just outside of Santiago, it didn't go so well. Sort of like riding a bike with no breaks.

The place itself is very beautiful, and really feels like a different country. Some "fashionable" people up there, much cooler than I could ever be. It attracts a very elite crowd, which I think have, on average, spent more on their ski parka than I have spent in total on clothes in the last six months.
The view is one of the main attractions, you can see the smog of Santiago below, surrounded by snow capped peaks.