For my Spanish report I chose to write about the country of Peru.
country's president is Alberto Fujimori. Fujimori, a Roman Catholic, was elected as president in .
1990, and re-elected for another 5-year term in 1995. The name of the currency used by Fujimori .
and his country is nuevo sol, meaning new son. The current exchange rate for November 17th, .
2000 is 3.52 nuevo sol per U.S. dollar. (www.xe.net/ucc/convert.cgi).
The official language of Peru is Spanish, as it is for most South American Countries. .
Although the Andean Indians who inhabit Peru are bilingual. These Andeans also speak the .
language of Quecha. Quechua is the second language of the Andeans and is mainly spoken in and .
around the country of Cusco.
There are five Patron Saints from Peru. These Saints are Francis Solano, Joseph, Martin .
de Porres, Rose of Lima, and Turibius of Mogroveio. In Peru they are mostly Roman Catholics. .
The only other religion in Peru is protestant. Ninety percent of Peru is Roman Catholics and the .
other ten percent are protestant. .
The Andes are divided into several cordilleras, or mountain ranges. The most important .
range is the Cordillera Occidental which is also divided into other chains with towering mountains .
like the Cordillera Blanca and the Cordillera Huayhaush and the Cordillera Raura. The other main .
mountain chains are the Cordillera Oriental and Central. The Andes cover about thirty percent of .
Peru. Some of the world's highest mountains can be found here. .
The countries that border Peru are Chile to the south, Bolivia and Brazil to the east, .
Ecuador and Columbia to the north. To the South Peru is bordered by the pacific ocean. Peru is .
located on the continent of South America. .
The major economic partner of Peru is the United States of America. " Peru's disastrous .
economy of recent years (with inflation at over 10,000% per year) has been brought under control .
by the current Fujimori administration and inflation has dropped to under 20%.
Peru Peru is located on the western border of South America. ... Lima, Peru's capital, is located in La Costa. ... La Sierra covers about thirty percent of Peru. ... There are no permanent crops in Peru. ... Both were along the dry coast of Peru. ...
Peru Peru is located on the western border of South America. ... Lima, Peru's capital, is located in La Costa. ... La Sierra covers about thirty percent of Peru. ... There are no permanent crops in Peru. ... Both were along the dry coast of Peru. ...
We will be traveling to the beautiful, diverse country of Peru. ... As a group we will travel to Peru to further these current developments. ... The second region, the Sierra, contains Peru's portion of the Andes Mountains. ... It is the most extensive but least populated region of Peru. ... Globalization has had major impact on the environment of Peru. ...
Nation Building in Peru Nazanin Panahi From 1879 to 1883, a war between Peru and Chile engaged in war for the control of nitrate deposits in southern Peru. This war nonetheless helped define the role of lower class Peruvians in national construction. ... The economic and social situation of Peru was in shambles after its separation from Spain. ... Recognized or not, Peruvian peasants proved themselves worthy of citizenship. ... Mallon was right in labeling the peasants as significant factors of nationalism in Peru. ...
This campaign targeted the poor women from rural areas of Peru. ... The Florristan Women's Center is Peru's largest Women's group. ... The Peruvian government denies that it is carrying out this sterilization campaign on its poor. ... Many of the Peruvian people are outraged with these events. ... The Peruvian reports confirm that the U.S. was right to pull funding of this campaign. ...
Peru is a country in South America located on the West Coast. ... Family is a very important part of Peruvian life. ... But Spanish officials still controlled Peru by defeating the many revolts by the Peruvian people. ... Perez was the president of Peru until 1990. ... In 1990 Peru's a new president was elected. ...
Ancient Peruvian Ceramics of the North Coast March 11, 1997 The first pottery pieces found in Peru were made somewhere between 1500 and 1000 b.p. ... But the evolution of Peruvian pottery becomes somewhat confusing and complex after this first civilization of potters. ... On the North coast there are five cultures that evolve into the dominant Mochica style, which was one of the most vigorous and prosperous cultures of Ancient Peru. ... In the valley to the south of the Cupisnique were the Salinar people who sometime during the fifth century b.p. moved into the north coast of Peru and spread...
Human Rights Country Report: Peru I chose to do this report on Peru in light of the recent "Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report- that was made public on August 28, 2003. ... The recent report made public is Peru's best effort to face its daunting history. One who is not a Peruvian citizen would have a hard time imagining how the events that unfolded in the past 23 years have deteriorated Peru's society at every level. ... In short what the report does is reveal an unbiased truth of Peruvian society, it shows Peru's true reflection in front of the mirror. An i...
