Baruch Ivcher
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Baruch Ivcher is an Israel
i-born business tycoon who lives in Peru
.Ivcher was a majority shareholder of the Peruvian television station Frecuencia Latina
. President Alberto Fujimori
ordered Ivcher stripped of his Peruvian citizenship when the station's investigative program Contrapunto exposed government corruption.
, Israel
. After graduating from law school at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
, he opened a law office in Hadera. In 1970, he moved to Lima
, Peru, where he and his brother Menachem opened a mattress factory, Productos Paraiso, now the largest bedding company in Peru. Ivcher is married to Neomy Even. They have four daughters -Dafna, Michal, Tal and Hadas.
He has a 7 grandaughters: Danielle, Noa, Maya, Yael, Ilanit, Mia and grandson Alan.
, head of Peru's national intelligence service, of links to death squads and drug traffickers. After attempts to bribe Ivcher and pay him $19 million to allow government monitoring of the program, Ivcher's citizenship was revoked and he was forced into exile.
In July 1997, the case was submitted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
, which called on the Peruvian government to cease harassing Ivcher and violating his freedom of expression, reinstate him as president and director of Canal 2, and indemnify him for the false accusations against him.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i-born business tycoon who lives in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
.Ivcher was a majority shareholder of the Peruvian television station Frecuencia Latina
Frecuencia Latina
Frecuencia Latina , better known as Channel 2, is a Peruvian television network. The network was founded on May 31, 1962 by the Cavero Family Group who turned the station into a network filled with musical programs and variety shows...
. President Alberto Fujimori
Alberto Fujimori
Alberto Fujimori Fujimori served as President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 17 November 2000. A controversial figure, Fujimori has been credited with the creation of Fujimorism, uprooting terrorism in Peru and restoring its macroeconomic stability, though his methods have drawn charges of...
ordered Ivcher stripped of his Peruvian citizenship when the station's investigative program Contrapunto exposed government corruption.
Biography
Baruch Ivcher was born in HaderaHadera
Hadera is a city located in the Haifa District of Israel approximately from the major cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa. The city is located along of the Israeli Mediterranean Coastal Plain...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. After graduating from law school at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
, he opened a law office in Hadera. In 1970, he moved to Lima
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
, Peru, where he and his brother Menachem opened a mattress factory, Productos Paraiso, now the largest bedding company in Peru. Ivcher is married to Neomy Even. They have four daughters -Dafna, Michal, Tal and Hadas.
He has a 7 grandaughters: Danielle, Noa, Maya, Yael, Ilanit, Mia and grandson Alan.
Media ownership
Ivcher acquired Peruvian nationality in keeping with a law in force at the time according to which aliens were not permitted to own a radio or television channel in Peru. In 1996, Ivcher's television station, Canal 2, began airing investigative reports accusing Vladimiro MontesinosVladimiro Montesinos
Vladimiro Ilyich Montesinos Torres was the long-standing head of Peru's intelligence service, Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional , under President Alberto Fujimori. In 2000, secret videos, which he had recorded, were televised that showed his bribing an elected congressman to leave the opposition...
, head of Peru's national intelligence service, of links to death squads and drug traffickers. After attempts to bribe Ivcher and pay him $19 million to allow government monitoring of the program, Ivcher's citizenship was revoked and he was forced into exile.
In July 1997, the case was submitted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States .Along with the...
, which called on the Peruvian government to cease harassing Ivcher and violating his freedom of expression, reinstate him as president and director of Canal 2, and indemnify him for the false accusations against him.