Naturally, as the rules of diplomacy demand, Fujimori's decision was hailed by the United States. He is variously accused of having spied for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, trafficking drugs and selling arms to rebel groups, like recently in Colombia. He built Peru's national intelligence service as an octopus, whose phone-tapping, torturing tentacles can reach into every corner of society. It would be ridiculous to speak of Fujimori's conscience after ten years of ruthless dictatorship or of a sudden awareness of the USA that something wrong was going on in Peru. The situation was simply getting out of hands at the doorstep of American presidential elections and a Watergate like scandal in an allied country is mostly undesirable at the moment.
Corruption is a normal political practice in many countries.
In a yearly analysis made by a non-governmental organization Nigeria is leading as the most corrupt state in the world followed by Yugoslavia, which has won the unpopular leading position among European countries. Still, no one is stepping down from power in those countries just because of that analysis. It could, however, as we just saw, be ordered by a mighty ally, such as the USA, but only if the USA were the ally of that country. If that is not the case, the future remains in the hands of the people armed only with pens and ballot sheets. The 500.000.000.000 banknote in the picture has not been used in the corruption scandal in Peru.