The representation of the fujimorista saviorist memory through television documentaries in Peru (1997-2002)

Godoy M. · Kamchatka (2025) · DOI: 10.7203/kam.26.29703

Resumen

When the popularity of Fujimori’s government decreased during his second term (1995-2000), the Peruvian government changed its media policy and began to use methods that, as Schulte-Bockholt (2013) proposes, are similar to Nazi propaganda. As part of this strategy, certain events will be used to exalt his administration, while television will be the appropriate platform to disseminate them. The seizure of the Japanese ambassador’s residence in Peru (December 17, 1996) by the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) is the beginning of 127 days of captivity that kept the world waiting for what would happen. This event ended with Operation Chavin de Huantar. Only a few months later, the Japanese television station NHK broadcasted a first documentary on the subject. Based on this material, and adding new information, the Peruvian government made a second documentary, broadcasted by TVPerú, and in 2002, when Fujimori was already in fugitive in Japan, a private Peruvian channel broadcasted a third documentary, directed by Fujimori himself. This article presents how, through these productions, Fujimorism reinforces its intention of constituting its “savior’s memory” as the official history of that period. © This journal are under the license Attribution-NonComercial 4.0 by Creative Commons.The full license can be consulted on https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. The texts published in this journal are—unless otherwise indicated—under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. You may copy, distribute, and publicly display them provided you cite the author and the name of this publication, Kamchatka. Journal of Cultural Analysis, and do not use them for commercial purposes. The full license can be viewed at Creative Commons.

Instituciones: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú