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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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By quilla
March 15th 2006
Lima South America » Peru » Lima
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Published: April 25th 2006 | 67 Views | [diary=53854]

miraflores
Barranco

By tommy27lima
March 13th 2006
Day 6:  South America » Peru » Lima
I was pretty hungover today. Last night I went with my mother to their friday night activity which is basically a bunch of doctors (mostly specialists) sitting around trying to act like normal people. (Doctors are a different breed of people, especially 1st World Doctors wanting to work in 3rd World Places). Two of the Doctors showed slides of other countries, I believe both were in Africa. They have been to and what type of conditions there hospitals were in. Watching these slide shows was a mix of inspiration and hopelessness at the same time. Alot of the times the situation [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 23rd 2006 | 59 Views | [diary=46292]


Larco Mar (aka what I like to call Gringo Land) is a shopping compound right on the coast of Lima, probably built by the Americans. The most Westerners I have seen at once in one place is here. They have a bowling alley, a shopping centre and even a Radio Shack. Its basically a mall built into a cliff overhanging the ocean, a refuggee camp for Gringos. No beggars allowed. They cant get in if they tried as the entrances are all protected by security guards. When the chaos of Lima gets to them, the Gringos all come here, I imagine [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 23rd 2006 | 113 Views | [diary=45699]

Karoke Bar
The Beautiful Pacific
The Coastline

By tommy27lima
March 9th 2006
Day 4: Museo South America » Peru » Lima
So today we went to the Museum and then a the Jockey Mall which I believe is the largest mall in Peru. All the malls here are like compounds with giant walls around them and security at the entrances. In fact security is everywhere, and every store no matter where you go is overstaffed, I guess because there is not much money here labour is really cheap. Even at the Karokee Bar there is 6 waitresses, 1 DJ, 2 Managers and 1 security guard on duty at all times. But I think if it was Canada, the size of the establishment [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 23rd 2006 | 65 Views | [diary=45563]

View of Lima
Statue

By tommy27lima
March 8th 2006
Day 3: Football! South America » Peru » Lima
Futbal So my only request so far was to go to a football game. It took a little work and research to find one, but somehow we got an address. My Mother checked with one of the professors at Gorgas and he said it was really dangerous for white people to go to a football game in Lima (of course this didn't stop us) and suggested that we go with his Peruvian staff, but since we found out about the game at such short notice we decided to go it alone. Yes, just me and the Orange Gringo going into the [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 21st 2006 | 218 Views | [diary=45370]

Estadio Nacional
More Newsprint
The Kick Off

The Colectivos So today was the first day I rode on the Colectivos. Lima is a chaotic place and one of the quickest ways to get acquainted with this chaos is to jump on one of the Colectivos, they usually hold about 10 to 20 passengers in a small van, have one driver and another guy who basically shouts at anyone he sees to get on, opens and closes the door, tells the driver when to stop, collects fares (not when you initially get on, but at some random stop in the action), and basically shoves people on as quickly as [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 21st 2006 | 785 Views | [diary=45377]

Colectivos
Revolution!
Downtown

By bradylady
March 7th 2006
HELLO PERU! South America » Peru » Lima
HELLO PERU!! We have to say that our first experiences in Peru have been quite interesting! We arrived yesterday and got to our hotel via local shuttle service. The drivers are nuts here! Not just nuts...crazy nuts!! Yes, we are going down a 2 lane street that Peruvian drivers have converted into 4 lanes. They are swirving in and out and blaring on the horn like there is no tommorrow! I thought I had experienced Latin American driving...but I was wrong...Guate/Mexico is very tame compared to this. Jeff will not let me cross the street unless nothing is coming...he keeps picturing [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 8th 2006 | 345 Views | [diary=45125]

Roy and Haviar
Parc de Amor
Barranco

By tommy27lima
March 6th 2006
Day 1 South America » Peru » Lima
Well its my first day in Lima today, and I plan on just spending it in Mira Floras (the most affluent part of Peru, more 2nd World than 3rd). My mother wakes up at 6 am to go the Tropical Hospital and learn all about Topical diseases and 3rd World Medicine then she doesn't get home until about 5 pm or sometimes later. Then she usually studies for the rest of the night with a dinner break in between where we will go out for dinner somewhere in Mira Floras. So at about 9 am Harold took me to Cafe Cafe [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 21st 2006 | 70 Views | [diary=45376]

View from Apartment

Everything was pretty normal up until the last left turn out of customs. After that things get really bizarre. There were about 500 taxi drivers screaming at me to hop in their cabs, all behind a chain link barrier, and a few Polica sprinkled in front of them like bouncers at a punk rock concert. Some of them hold signs with names on them. It is a popular past time to pose as drivers and pick up dumb wide eyed gringos and drive them to the nearest ATM where they hold a knife to your throat and force you to empty [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 21st 2006 | 100 Views | [diary=45311]

The View from atop the Apartment

Finally it was the day we were about to meet our sponsor child from Plan (www.plan.fi). We met the Plan workers at the office and they showed us their premises and told us about their work. After that we got a ride to the outskirts of Lima to a poor community where our sponsor child Estanli lives with his family. Once we arrived closer to Estanli´s house we saw him waiting for us at the doorsteps and he greeted us with a hug and kiss. It was so nice to be able to meet the family and talk with them after [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 3rd 2006 | 314 Views | [diary=44303]

Sami and Estanli infront of their house
The children
Kirsi with the baby