Martín Tanaka
Martín Tanaka is Peruvian, Doctor in Political Science and Master in Social Sciences (FLACSO Mexico), holds a bachelor’s degree and Licenciado title in Sociology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. He is researcher in the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos and professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the Universidad Católica.
Updated April 2009
Stories from This Author
La votación del fujimorismo
May 11, 2011 • Martín Tanaka
En las últimas elecciones1 se registró un voto fujimorista “duro”, que se expresó en una relativamente constante intención de voto de alrededor del 20%. Esto ha llevado a decir que era “previsible” el paso de Keiko2 a la segunda vuelta3, y que el fujimorismo siempre tuvo un importante respaldo popular. Sin embargo, creo que aquí estamos también ante un caso de determinismo retrospectivo. Al derrumbarse el fujimorismo en el 2000, sus posibilidades de supervivencia estaban seriamente en cuestión. En el …
Fujimori’s Conviction
April 18, 2009 • Martín Tanaka
After reading former president Fujimori’s guilty verdict and the debates that ensued, it seems important that we avoid a knee-jerk defense of the verdict or a quick rush to discredit it. If one searches for “solid evidence” in the verdict (in the same manner that Federico Salazar or José Luis Sardón did in their last columns), in which Fujimori created and directed the Grupo Colina, or that the former president personally ordered the massacres at Barrios Altos and La Cantuta; …
The Judgment of Fujimori
April 11, 2009 • Martín Tanaka
This article will be published on Tuesday, April 7th, the day in which the Supreme Court’s Special Criminal Section will announce the verdict in the case against the former president, Alberto Fujimori. I write this essay, therefore, without knowledge of the verdict. I am like most people in Peru who thinks the trial proceeded admirably; the prosecutor’s office, the defense team, and those representing the victims also agree with that sentiment. The case will be heard on appeal where Judge …
