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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 Kreiser
January 22nd 2008

Rows of Cars

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Rows of Cars
Rows of Cars
Hundreds of white, crashed Japanese cars waiting to be fixed up.
Hundreds of Cars [View Full Entry]

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By Kreiser
January 20th 2008

New Hogar Belen

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January 20, 2008 - Moquegua, Peru Well, I finally made it to the new site of the orphanage. Like I said before, the first one was a lot nicer, but is now unstable due to the 2001 earthquakes. Arriving there was not a walk in the park, let me tell you. There is a small river between the road and the path to Hogar Belen. Normally this could be driven over with a truck or car. But this week the river had been just a little too high to attempt that. Instead we crossed over a flimsy little tree which was [View Full Entry]

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Crossing the tree bridge
Crossing
Crossing

Badly damaged after the earthquake. Here are some pictures of some of the damage. [View Full Entry]

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Rough shape
Large crack in floor
Large crack