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Neoliberalism in Peru (sometimes referred to locally as "Criollo neoliberalism") first emerged on the political scene in Peru in the late 1980s. Neoliberalism is a political and economic ideology that advocates for free-market capitalism, and is known as Neoliberalismo in Spanish. The term has multiple, competing definitions, and is often used pejoratively. Its turning point came in the 1990s with the implementation of the Fujishock, a set of drastic economic measures taken by President Alberto Fujimori inspired by the US government based on the Washington Consensus, and with the promulgation of the 1993 Political Constitution, which was heavily influenced by neoliberalism. Although it suffered a setback in 1998, during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, it recovered and intensified during the period of greatest economic growth, driven by the commodities boom, between 2003 and 2013. It is one of the most comprehensive and longest-lasting implementations in Latin America, due to comparatively weak political opposition to neoliberalism. Its main promoter was Hernando de Soto, who was key in the dissemination and consolidation of the neoliberal vision among business and political sectors in the 1980s. It has the backing of the Inter-American Development Bank (in the well-known Washington Consensus), multinational corporations and the social classes of the Peruvian coast, although its support among the middle class is rather nuanced or divided. As an ideology, at least in the hands of Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian neoliberalism was associated with conservative positions. It was built on the ruins of liberal currents, which had lost influence in the country, but distanced itself socially from them and resorted to practices that limited liberal democracy. Its proponents promote economic measures such as deregulation and privatization, including the reduction of welfare spending and elimination of social programs. Fujimori's project has transformed the Peruvian state into a predominantly business-oriented and wealth-generating entity. Furthermore, an economic elite was established that controls the financial services, export, and communications sectors, which are the determining factors in the unofficial Lima Consensus. The country achieved economic stability at the cost of greater social inequality and a clear restriction of freedom of expression among the sectors of the population, including indigenous peoples.