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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 Chalaca68
September 9th 2009
Eating and Shopping South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Miraflores
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That’s pretty much all we did on Saturday 08/29/09. We woke up in Cuzco, had breakfast at the Inkarri, checked out, and headed to the airport for our noon flight. Going through security, they found a set of pliers/tools/blades in my purse (I had totally forgotten I had them—Why did I have a tool in my bag? Was I planning on fixing and Inca building?). I apologized and said I was sorry but Security insisted that I had to leave it behind. Bummer. Then, the LAN airline staff told Ben that his carry-on was too big and it would have to [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 10th 2009 | 35 Views | [diary=435303]

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Our next capital city, after Bogota and Quito, was to be Lima. The reviews of Lima from fellow backpackers tended to be even worse than those for Quito, with warnings of theft, bad weather and pollution! We arrived early on Saturday morning and immediately went to bed, before setting off to get tickets for the World cup qualifier between Peru and Uruguay that afternoon. We left things a little late, so we made a dash to a local supermarket (as you can not buy tickets at the gate), followed by a race across town in a taxi to the stadium. Once [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 3rd 2009 | 58 Views | [diary=439741]

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By joeandand
September 5th 2009
Lima to Cusco Peru South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Barranco
Not sure who will be reading this other than me & And......? After a very long journey from London to Lima via a five hour stop in Madrid (Inc a 3 hour delay) we arraived at our first destaintion...the first of possibly 14 countries.... So, Lima what we can we say? We have been staying in Barranco, a rather nice little area overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Miraflores is the bigger, more well known area about half an hours walk away, either along the beach or along the cliff tops.. either is a pretty cool walk. Our hostel is fine and the [View Full Entry]

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By mlschmitz
September 5th 2009
Surfing USA..... South America » Peru » Lima
The surfing team
The surfing team
from left to right...Kevin (instructor--from France), me, Valerie (roommate), Inga (foreign exchange student from Germany), and Javier (instructor)
Que tal amigos???? So yesterday I had my first surfing lesson. It was awesome! My instructor was this cute little Peruvian guy who was only about 5 feet tall. And it only cost $20 for an hour and a half lesson including the wetsuit and board rental. I was pretty intimidated at first because the waves looked pretty scary from the beach, but after about 10 minutes of paddling around I was loving it! And I got up on the board on my first try! There was a lot of salt in the water…and I drank a lot of it. A [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 5th 2009 | 83 Views | [diary=434067]

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val and i have decided that surfing is our new sport....

By Randy01
September 4th 2009
Lima South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Barranco
Hey all.. today we finally started to get into the swing of things time wise. Been a bit screwed up with how things were in B.A with their eating dinner at 10-11pm and not going out until about 2am but we seen to be ok now. Went through miraflores and then Barranco today, it was all pretty good. Having a chat to the travel lady at the hostel tomorrow to sort out our buses and hostels as we travel down the coast to puno so that should be all good. the hostel at the moment has a large bar, fooseball, pool, [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 4th 2009 | 38 Views | [diary=433643]


By Hoggers
September 3rd 2009
The beginning South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Miraflores
So here I am, after 9 weeks of waiting I am finally in Peru, and boy what a shock. But lets sart at the beginning. After having a few hours slepp Tuesday night I was up at 2.30 in the morning, at Heathrow by 4.30 in the morning and sadly in Peru at 6pm local time, which is midnight for you guys. So as you can imagine it's been one long day. And it's not even 9pm here now, whereas it should be almost 3am, so confusing. My flight was full of old people coming to Peru to explore on their [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 3rd 2009 | 70 Views | [diary=433406]


By Tink And Laura
September 3rd 2009
We´ve Arrived! South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Miraflores
Hola! We´re finally here in Peru! I guess our trip actually started on Tuesday when we went into London and spent the day with April seeing the sights and not being able to find a Nando´s anywhere! We had a nice stay at the Jury´s Inn hotel at Hatton Cross station so it was very close to Heathrow and we were able to get to and from London for the day. We woke up yesterday at 5am and got one of the first tubes out to Terminal 4 at 6am before getting on the plane to Houston, Texas which arrived at [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 3rd 2009 | 64 Views | [diary=433561]


By Randy01
September 3rd 2009
Lima South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Miraflores
all i can say is pisco sours.............. what a drink!!!!!! [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 3rd 2009 | 31 Views | [diary=433616]


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Official Invitation
The 25 Year Reunion of Colegio Rosa de America, Class of 1984, was held on Saturday 08/22/09. This event was the main reason for my (our) trip to Peru and one that I had been looking forward for a long time. Of the approximately 120 girls who graduated Colegio Rosa de America in 1984, 40 of us were present at the Reunion Lunch. Following tradition, the Reunion Lunch also includes members of all the other classes as well as a few former teachers, who attend as special guests. Altogether, the event was attended by about 250 women; back then, Colegio Rosa [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 31st 2009 | 88 Views | [diary=432581]

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My pilot
My pilot
The paragliding guy
30th August 2009 Lima, Peru KOKOPELLI Hostel Hi all, i've still not made it to Arequipa, but it's all good! we got the flight the next day from Sao Paulo to Lima and i had the intention to get the bus straight to Arequipa.... but.... my new friend Tomek told me he was going to only stay for one night in Lima and then travel down to Arequipa today (Sunday) so i thought i may as well do the same so we could travel together. we got picked up at the airport after saying goodbye to our new amigos - if [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 7th 2009 | 68 Views | [diary=434450]

Little Peruanos
purple sweetcorn anyone?