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 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]
April 6th 2008South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco Wow, what an amazing city. It is fun to walk down a street, and find an Inca wall in the middle of the street.
Here in Cuzco we were joined by my parents and a friend of Ellen from London. We went ... 10 photos[full story]
April 29th 2008South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco As of today, we have been in Peru for a month, and on friday we finish our teaching project, leaving us free to go on our trek up the Inca Trail, Macchu Picchu, Arequipa and Lake Titicaca. We're both ... [full story]
April 26th 2008South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco Pap en mam waren weg, dus ik moest weer aan het werk en terug naar mijn gewone leventje. Vreemd genoeg waren mijn maagklachten gelijk voorbij toen ik weer terug ging naar mijn gebruikelijke gaar keuke ... 6 photos[full story]
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