Background: Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of a violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's election in 1990 ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump in the late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction with his regime. FUJIMORI won reelection to a third term in the spring of 2000, but international pressure and corruption scandals led to his ouster by Congress in November of that year. A caretaker government oversaw new elections in the spring of 2001, which ushered in Alejandro TOLEDO as the new head of government; his presidency has been hampered by allegations of corruption.
May 13th 2008South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco a typical saturday in Peru? Well I hope not because that was a hell of a saturday. Great fun but Peruvians just drink too much!
Drinking from 11 in the morning until 2 o clock at night, eating chi ... [full story]
May 13th 2008South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco
It is early in the morning around 6.30 a.m. when the bus drops us on a dusty road shortly after tambomachay, outside of Cucsco. There are no people except very now and then some farmers which desc ... [full story]
April 30th 2008South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco So i wasted some time at the loki hostel and then i picked up my washing which was a task in itself as the were items missing and i eventually got it sorted and got to the tourist agency were i purcha ... 7 photos[full story]
May 10th 2008South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco Eerst maar het vervelende nieuws. Afgelopen week is een Nederlandse vrijwilligster plotseling overleden.
Ik kende haar niet persoonlijk, maar had wel eens met haar gemaild voor ik naar Peru ging, om ... 9 photos[full story]
May 9th 2008South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco It seems like there is once a year this big parade with all the dancing groups from Cusco and surroundings performing and I ran right into it - how lucky. The costums are crazy, you can find all kinds ... [full story]
May 9th 2008South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco
From the start. I left Germany on the 8th of April in evening with stop-overs in Madrid, Santiago de Chile und Lima. In Lima I had to hurry because I only had 40 minutes to change airplanes. The a ... [full story]
May 1st 2008South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco So much colour in Cusco! After a flight from Rio to Lima, a couple of days in Lima and then a flight over the mountains, we arrived in Cusco, Peru. The flight over the mountains was awesome, snow ca ... [full story]
May 5th 2008South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco On the 27th it was my birthday and I celebrated it in Cusco where we stayed for a few days after the Inca Trail. On the night of the 26th, Gemma and I celebrated our birthdays together and so a big gr ... [full story]
April 5th 2008South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco Hiya :)
First week in cusco has been pretty eventful... we had a welcoming ceremony when we first arrived at Huatata which involved speeches and flowers and dancing with the locals for hours. Most ... [full story]
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