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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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Areas in Puno: Chucuito | Juliaca | Lake Titicaca | Lampa | Paracas | Puno

Lake Titicaca and surrounds
1 day ago: RovingRitchies published a blog
Lake Titicaca and surrounds
August 22nd 2008  South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca » Uros Island
Friday 22 Another fairly early start…we left 8am to go to Puno which is on the shores of Lake Titicaca. The landscape changes with quite fertile land along the way with lot of people farm ... 22 photos [full story]

El Lago Titicaca
4 days ago: Purpose Driven published a blog
El Lago Titicaca
October 6th 2008  South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca
... 15 photos [full story]

Puno - Peru
6 days ago: Jean and Paul published a blog
Puno - Peru
September 30th 2008  South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca » Uros Island
We travelled in style from Cusco to Puno on a luxury coach, complete with corny tour guide and complimentary fat american tourists. Stopping at ancient Inca ruins along the way, jean managed to keep h ... 19 photos [full story]

Highest Lake in the World
7 days ago: Winter Trek published a blog
Highest Lake in the World
September 22nd 2008  South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca » Uros Island
Hello friends and family. After leaving Cuzco we had been advised to take a certain tour bus to Puno (city next to Lake Titicaca). It left early in the morning, included 5 stops along the way, inclu ... 58 photos [full story]

Puno and Lake Titicaca
10 days ago: Kevin and Amarryn published a blog
Puno and Lake Titicaca
September 30th 2008  South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca
As the bus rounded the final bend of our six hour ride to Puno, Lake Titicaca appeared on the horizon. The deep blue that stretched as far as the eye could see contrasted sharply with the dull, cla ... 22 photos [full story]

LAKE TITICACA
September 8th 2008  South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca
Having loved our independent trip to Isla Del Sol in Southern Lake Titicaca, we were looking forward to seeing the delights of the Northern Islands, accessed from the Peruvian town of Puno. Short of t ... 48 photos [full story]

Terrifically Touristy Titicaca!
September 19th 2008  South America » Peru » Puno
(Catherine) Our final destination in Peru was Puno, on the shores of Lake Titicaca, a three-hour bus journey from Cuzco. We´ve found bus journeys in Peru highly amusing because the normally calm Pe ... 22 photos [full story]

lake titicca
12 days ago: cathy gareth published a blog
lake titicca
September 28th 2008  South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca » Taquile Island
we got a boat out on lake titicca to see the uros people who live on floating reed islands in the middle of the lake. we also stayed with a family and went to a party dressed up in traditional clothes ... 18 photos [full story]

Puno &  Islands
14 days ago: Bernadette50 published a blog
Puno & Islands
September 20th 2008  South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca » Uros Island
Einenen Tag nach Isla del Sol ging es weiter nach Puno. Am Anfang war ich echt gar nicht begeistert von der Stadt. Spaeter wurde der Eindruck aber besser. Wir besuchten noch am Nachmittag das ... 12 photos [full story]

Lake Titicaca
15 days ago: Gyri og Arild published a blog
Lake Titicaca
September 25th 2008  South America » Peru » Puno » Lake Titicaca
Vi hadde bare en hensikt med aa reise til Puno. Det er et glimrende utgangspunkt for aa reise ut til oeyene i Titicacasjoen. Titicacasjøen med sin beliggenhet på 3812 m.o.h. regnes som verdens høyest ... 15 photos [full story]


Puno Blog Entries

demonstration
Lake Titicaca
Locals, Uros Islands
Boats made of reeds
Think you could use this as a pirate ship?!
Islas Flotantes
Shopping stop!
Reed boat head
Ein Vicuna-Junges
Llamas
The Floating Islands
Aoife in the reed boat
Lake Titicaca and Island Uros
Party in Puno
The Uros Community
Adorable Little Country Girl

Peru

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