Gustavo Gorriti
Gustavo Gorriti is a Peruvian journalist who has worked extensively on coverage pertaining to the politics, culture, and social issues of Central and South America, and the Caribbean. He is the winner of numerous prizes, including the CPJ International Press Freedom Award, and he has been recognized as a survivor of both government and criminal intimidation and targeting.
Gorriti first distinguished himself in his native Peru, where he covered the internal conflict led by the communist group known as Sendero Luminoso, working for the news magazine Caretas. Later he would write a history of the conflict, The Shining Path: A History of the Millenarian War in Peru, published by the University of North Carolina Press.
In 1992, Gorriti was abducted by members of the Peruvian Army. Alberto Fujimori was found guilty of his kidnapping in 2009.[1]
Gorriti has also been a frequent contributor to U.S. and international publications including The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, and has given many interviews on international broadcasts since the mid-1990s.
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- ^ "Peru court finds Fujimori guilty". Agence France-Presse. 7 April 2009. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ilXUyrovza3UJBJkNVVVdc2GOLcw. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
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