
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, June 11, 1990                   TAG: 9006110048
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: associated press
DATELINE: LIMA, PERU                                LENGTH: Short

FUJIMORI DEFEATS NOVELIST IN PERU

Alberto Fujimori, a political unknown four months ago, defeated celebrated novelist Mario Vargas Llosa in a presidential runoff Sunday and promised to improve the economy in the bankrupt nation.

Vargas Llosa conceded defeat. He wished Fujimori success in trying to turn the country around and fight drug trafficking and a decade-old guerrilla insurgency.

Voting took place despite a wave of attacks in one Andean region by Maoist guerrillas who had vowed to sabotage the balloting. One voting station was bombed, and at least five people were killed and eight injured in separate attacks.

Exit polls gave Fujimori, 51, an agricultural engineer and former university rector, a 13-to-19-point lead.

The projections "give us overwhelming support," Fujimori said at a news conference two hours after polls closed. He invited all political parties to participate in his government in areas where agreements could be reached.

Fujimori said his government would stress economic development over military and police repression as the best way to fight both leftist subversion and cocaine trafficking.

by CNB