Microsoft ( MSFT - news - people ) a small coup was building to force him out.

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"It's a major coup for Equivital, which, despite its small size - currently only 25 employees - provides the US Army with its human body monitoring system, " the company told BBC News.

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Mr Fuentes was elected for a small party headed by Antauro Humala, a former army officer who staged an attempted coup against the democratic government in 2005, an incident in which five people were killed.

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