Before the controversial vote tally was complete, and while the US was weighing sanctions against undemocratic electoral irregularities, Keiko announced her own campaign. Her goal is to be president in 2005 and continue the Fujimori dynasty. Considering that sister Sachi and brothers Hiro and Kenji are all in line, at three terms each that could mean another 60 years of Fujimorismo for Peru.Keiko is not the first Fujimori to seek office while living in the Presidential Palace as a dependent. Her mother, Susana Shizuko Higuchi, was the first Peruvian who dared denounce her authoritarian husband as a dictator. Her submissive Japanese wife routine failed her after the state spy agency menaced her, she says, for her inability to tolerate corruption.In 1992, after her husband shut down Congress and the constitution in his infamous "auto-coup", she blew the whistle on her own in-laws, accusing them of pilfering donations of used clothing flown in from Tokyo. She swore they kept the best garments for themselves, then sold stylish items to local shops for a profit, and only left the rags for the needy.Before Fujimori outlawed her initial bid for office under the pretence of legislating against nepotism, Ms Higuchi launched an opposition party, 21st Century Harmony, and ran on a manifesto of moral authority in 1994. This was days after she'd stormed out of the Presidential Palace in a rage, and found that security would not let her back in.

An engineer by training, she now lives in austere quarters and spends hours praying or rearranging her collection of porcelain Catholic saints. Ms Huguchi remains an outspoken political foe of her ex-husband, and was elected to congress in April.. After a decade of rule by President Alberto Fujimori, Peru finds itself with a surplus of spies. The ruthless tactics needed to infiltrate and then crush groups such as the Maoist guerrillas of the Shining Path or the Tupac Amaru are now deeply ingrained in the country's intelligence agencies. After a decade of rule by President Alberto Fujimori, Peru finds itself with a surplus of spies.

The ruthless tactics needed to infiltrate and then crush groups such as the Maoist guerrillas of the Shining Path or the Tupac Amaru are now deeply ingrained in the country's intelligence agencies. Fears are growing that another five years of Fujimori authoritarianism will see covert agents eliminate the President's political opponents by the same means.Today, the Organisation of American States meets in Canada. A key topic is whether the irregularities during Peru's latest election should invalidate Mr Fujimori's victory. Intimidation of the opposition, manipulation of the press, ballot-rigging and cyber-fraud were all cited by the international observers as reasons to postpone the ballot.Much of this campaign appeared to be the handiwork of Mr Fujimori's closest adviser, Vladimiro Montesinos, who is in charge of SIN, the national intelligence service. The military's devotion to President Fujimori is due to Montesinos's careful weeding. Any officers who opposed the third term were forced into early retirement. As one general confessed: "We were too busy trying to combat terrorism to know that Montesinos was subverting the armed forces to his will."During Mr Fujimori's previous two terms, security forces frequently targeted suspected subversives without being held accountable for their actions. Once the guerrilla movements that killed some 30,000 Peruvians were crippled, mostly by "extrajudicial killings" and disappearances, Peru's security forces were redirected.