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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.



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Feest en verdriet
1 day ago: Fricke en Peru published a blog
Feest en verdriet
May 10th 2008  South 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]

2 days ago: LinaMolina published a blog
Party on Plaza de Armas
May 9th 2008  South 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]

2 days ago: LinaMolina published a blog
Flight over the Andes
May 9th 2008  South 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]

4 days ago: no hablo espanol published a blog
Colourful Cusco
May 1st 2008  South 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]

6 days ago: EmmaG published a blog
My birthday in Cusco!
May 5th 2008  South 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]

7 days ago: izzy wizzy published a blog
Huatata - Week 1 :)
April 5th 2008  South 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]

10 days ago: Team JuMa published a blog
Views of Peru
May 1st 2008  South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco
Our favourite pics of the Andean countryside surrounding Cusco... ... [full story]

The Incan capital: Cusco
12 days ago: TimEllen published a blog
The Incan capital: Cusco
April 6th 2008  South 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]

12 days ago: Alex Baker published a blog
The last week in Cusco
April 29th 2008  South 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]

Ambacht
15 days ago: Fricke en Peru published a blog
Ambacht
April 26th 2008  South 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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