World: May 4, 1992

"We are not destroying democracy but cleaning the ground to build a new, more efficient democracy."

-- Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru, announcing that he will be holding a national referendum in July to measure popular support for his suspension of the country's democratic institutions.

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