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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 mlschmitz
August 14th 2009
Bliss. South America » Peru » Lima
Que tal amigos? So I've had a rough couple days of boring and pointless orientation, trying to understand the international student system for picking classes, adjusting to new roommates (8 other girls), and trying to find fun in Lima. Five days after starting to run again, I have come into major leg problems again. So yesterday I got a membership to this gym near my house. I can't believe that I ever complained about the SERF and UW Facilities. I'm one week in, and I am already missing driving around, being with my amazing and fun friends from Madtown, and living [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 14th 2009 | 56 Views | [diary=428202]

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Nazca lines park
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So now it's less than 48 hours before we depart. We're sooooo ready to go! My bags are fully packed and we just need a couple of small things to go in the carry-ons and off we'll be! We'll be flying from Dulles Airport (Northern Virginia) to JFK (NYC) and then to Lima, arriving on Saturday morning 08/15/09 at 6:30am. Promise to post pictures when the interesting things start to happen, and they will! [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 13th 2009 | 65 Views | [diary=427745]


By mlschmitz
August 13th 2009
School Orientation South America » Peru » Lima
En el micro
En el micro
On the bus we have to take to get to school. We have found that they will lie to you to get you on their bus and pay.
Hola! So for the past two days I have had orientation for school. Que pena! What a drag! Yesterday all they talked about what how serious the students are and how the classes will be double or triple as hard for us. Then last night I heard someone say that all the students who were here last semester said that all of the classes where really easy. So what happens is next week I'll go to the classes that I want to take, get them approved by my advisor at the UW, and figure out if they work out. Then in [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 13th 2009 | 27 Views | [diary=427912]

La capilla
Natalie and I
the Canadians

By mlschmitz
August 11th 2009
Mi casa South America » Peru » Lima
Mi cuarto
Mi cuarto
my room
Pictures of where I am living... [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 11th 2009 | 65 Views | [diary=427374]

Mi cuarto
Mi cuarto
View outside my room

So after having some loud music and fun of my own last night at the discoteca, I come home to blasting music from our neighbor's house....I'm talking about some serious speaker system action going on. This occurred all night, into the morning, and throughout the entire day. It is my new mission to figure out what this music is coming from and why it happens so often and has to be so loud to be enjoyed. You really would be screwed in Madison if you pulled a stunt like that. Anyway, yesterday the Dad of my family, Enrique, took us on [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 10th 2009 | 22 Views | [diary=426858]

Park of Nazca Lines
On the coast
The coast...again

By mlschmitz
August 10th 2009
Address!!! South America » Peru » Lima
Hola a todos! I have now figured out how to format my mailing address. Any postage would be much appreciated, but totally not necessary at all. Megan Schmitz Juan Luxardo 170 Urbanizacion Orrantia Magdalena, Lima 17 Peru I also found a huge and pretty awesome church today. They have mass all the time so I'm thinking that I will have to take them up on that. Mass last night was amazing. It made me realize again why I came here. Two of my roommates are Catholic too, so we all went together. I hope you are all enjoying the nice weather [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 10th 2009 | 26 Views | [diary=427075]


By FatherSonJourney
August 9th 2009
Day 22-24 blarg South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Lima
Lima Day 22, we woke up late as usual over here and came down stairs. Our cousins offered to take us out for some Lomo Saltado and we were all cool. We headed back to the house and the day would have been a dud had we not gone to the water park. 17 degrees celsius and we go to the water park...hmm. No, it was actually a water show so to speak. I´ve seen disney´s water shows, but this one just blew disney right out of the water! (no pun intended) It was a dazzling display of water and lights. [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 10th 2009 | 36 Views | [diary=426887]


So in a period of 12 hours I went from summer to winter. And the transition thus far as been as drastic as that. After no sleep and lots of bumpy flying I arrived in Lima. I walked in the airport to be welcomed by many airport workers...all wearing flu masks. It's flu season in Peru and I guess swine flu has really hit them hard down here. I definitely should have gotten my free flu shot at the UW when I had the chance. Oops. I did meet a friend on the plane named Victor who is a professor at [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 8th 2009 | 40 Views | [diary=426484]


By FatherSonJourney
August 7th 2009
Day 21 South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Miraflores
Miraflores So we woke up today around 10 and came down at about noon. Went over to the bank and then came back to the house for some lunch. She made some sort of dish that I´m not sure what to call. It was rice with some sort of freezed dried potatoe. It was alright. We decided to head over to the zoo today. My dad has become quite the negotiator over here in Peru, you see taxi rides vary on the drivers. To get to the zoo, my dad wanted to pay 7 soles while the cab driver wanted 15 [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 7th 2009 | 41 Views | [diary=426046]


By emedbery
August 5th 2009
I'm finally in Peru! South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » San Isidro
Hola from Peru! I arrived here late Saturday night. I was absolutely exhausted from a long day of flights, airports, and delays. We stayed in a hotel here in Lima. It was so good to finally sleep! On Sunday, we went to the IFSA-Butler office which is in a middle to upperclass neighborhood called Miraflores. Once there, we talked about what to expect from Study Abroad. We had a little free time and a few of us walked to the ocean, which was about 5 minutes away. That area was kind of tourist-y (there were American restaurants), but it was absolutely [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 5th 2009 | 66 Views | [diary=425699]