"I'm a reformed character, and nobody is more surprised about that than me, " he says.

他说：“我已经洗心革面，对此我也很惊奇。”

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It is hard to prove in prison that you are a reliably reformed character, and releases are running at just 5%.

然而在监狱中犯人很难证明他们已经真正改过自新了，因此犯人的释放比例仅为5%。

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He believes she has paid for her crimes and that she is a reformed character.

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However, if he is, and people say he is a reformed character, let us see him do something to show it.

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He ruled as a reckless populist, presiding over economic collapse, hyperinflation, corruption and a murderous guerrilla insurgency by the Maoist Shining Path and the smaller MRTA. He narrowly won the presidency again in 2006, partly by convincing Peruvians that he was a reformed character who believed in market economics and free trade, and partly because his challengers were even less convincing.

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