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'They Have to Accept Me'.(Alejandro Toledo, Peru)(Brief Article)
In the closing days of Peru's election campaign, front runner Alejandro Toledo discussed his candidacy with NEWSWEEK's Joseph Contreras in Lima. Excerpts:
CONTRERAS: The respected Peruvian newsmagazine Caretas published a cover story last month alleging that you tested positive for cocaine use in October 1998. You have denied the report and accused the magazine's editor in chief of waging a smear campaign against you. What is the basis for your charge?
TOLEDO: I have a great respect for Caretas as a publication. It is an institution in Peru, and I don't understand the political motivation of [editor] Enrique Zileri in this. I do know that among his associates are people who are very close to [rival candidate] Lourdes Flores.
What are their names?
I prefer not to go into this in order to avoid adding more gasoline to the fire. But it has profoundly surprised me. Yet at the end of the day that's democracy, and that's what I have fought for. I don't believe there can be democracy without unlimited freedom of expression. If I am elected [president], let the press criticize me. That's fine because I fought for that freedom of expression.
Have you ever used cocaine?
Oh, please...
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