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This iron-handed law was supposed to encourage people to fight to the death.

Some of those critics now say her new government could be even more iron-handed and aggressive.

In Peru, voters chose Sunday between two conservative candidates in a tight presidential race that has become a referendum on the legacy of imprisoned ex-President Alberto Fujimori’s iron-handed rule in the 1990s.

Peruvians were choosing on Sunday between two conservative candidates in a tight presidential election that has become a referendum on the legacy of imprisoned former President Alberto Fujimori’s iron-handed 1990s rule.

"The intense publicity surrounding these measures lets us see ... the military's iron-handed determination to fight corruption," it said, dismissing what it called "certain doubting voices on the Internet" that the campaign is not serious.