Ex-Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was arrested in Chile on Monday after a "surprise visit". (Okay, that's kind of funny). He's essentially been in a self-imposed exile from Peru after being accused of corruption and threatened with arrest. Fujimori, who was the son of Japanese-Peruvian immigrants, had been living in Japan since 2000 and was hoping to (somewhow) run for president in Peru next year. He was the second Asian to become the leader of a non-Asian country.

I first found out about Fujimori when I saw him interviewed on some bubbly Japanese talk show. I then learned that he's had quite a few authoritarian tendencies in his day, including the curtailing of constitutional rights. He's also been accused of connections to political murders. Well, now that he's been detained I suppose we'll find out how much is true.

Asian presidents in Latin-America = awesome. Asian presidents becoming dictators in Latin-America = not so awesome.