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...that Abimael Guzmán, the founder of the guerrilla organization Shining Path, was sentenced to life imprisonment on counts of terrorism and treason?
...that Alan García was elected as president in the 2006 general election twenty years after a first term marked by economic crisis and social unrest?
...that former president Alberto Fujimori is currently facing trial on charges of corruption and human rights abuses?
...that Alejandro Toledo led the opposition against president Alberto Fujimori and was himself elected as president in the 2001 general election?
...that during the War of the Pacific, General Andrés Avelino Cáceres waged a two-year guerrilla campaign against Chilean occupation?
...that Andrés de Santa Cruz was successively president of Peru, president of Bolivia and Supreme Protector of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation?
...that Francisco Pizarro led the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire and founded the city of Lima, the modern day capital of Peru?
...that José Carlos Mariátegui, a journalist, political philosopher, and founder of the Peruvian Socialist Party, was self-taught?
...that the Argentinian General José de San Martín proclaimed the independence of Peru on July 28, 1821?
...that tenor Juan Diego Flórez broke a decades old tradition of no encores at La Scala while performing Donizetti's La fille du régiment'?
...that U.S. citizen Lori Berenson is serving a 20-year prison term in Peru for collaborating with the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement?
...that football player Reimond Manco was selected as the best player of the 2007 South American Under 17 Football Championship?
...that soprano Yma Súmac became an international success based on the merits of her extreme vocal range?

Demography, Economy, Geography, Miscellaneous

...that the most distant source of the Amazon River is the Nevado Mismi, a volcanic peak in the Peruvian Andes?
...that the city of Cusco, the former capital of the Inca Empire, has the highest ultraviolet light level on Earth?
...that the Peruvian population has been formed by the combination of different ethnic groups over five centuries?
...that in the 1990s, the Peruvian economy underwent a process of liberalization which discarded protectionism and privatized state companies?
...that the access to electricity in Peru increased from 45% in 1990 to 79% in 2006 after the privatization reforms of the early 1990s?
...that the Estadio Monumental "U", home ground of the Universitario de Deportes football club, is the largest in Peru?
...that the city of Lima flourished in the 17th century as the center of a trade network which extended as far as Europe and the Philippines?
...that around a quarter of all Peruvian Hairless Dogs are actually born with hair?
...that after its defeat in the War of the Pacific the Peruvian Army was rebuilt under the guidance of a French Military Mission?
...that the Almirante Grau, the flagship of the Peruvian Navy is the last gun cruiser in service in the world?
...that the nuevo sol, the currency of Peru, was introduced in July 1991 at a rate of one per one million intis?
...that in the Quechua language nearly every sentence is marked by an evidential suffix that indicates how certain the speaker is about his statement?
...that the Quelccaya Ice Cap, the largest glaciated area in the tropics, has lost approximately 20% of its area since 1978?
...that UBIGEO is a coding system used by the Peruvian National Statistics Institute to identify national administrative subdivisions?
...that Universitario de Deportes has won twenty-four national premier leagues, more than any other football club in Peru?
...that water resources management in Peru has shifted from investing in irrigation development to a focus on river basin management?
...that as of 2004 access to water in Peru extended to 89% of the urban population but only to 65% of the rural population?
...that in the Andean mountains llamas are used as pack animals, as well as for the production of fiber and meat?
...that in comparison to sheep's wool alpaca fiber is warmer, not prickly, and has no lanolin which makes it hypoallergenic?

History

...that the indecisive outcome of the Cenepa War paved the way for a definitive peace agreement between Ecuador and Peru?
...that in the 1941 Ecuadorian-Peruvian war a Peruvian paratroop unit carried out the first airborne combat operation in the Western Hemisphere?
...that the Ecuadorian-Peruvian territorial dispute led to three wars and two peace treaties during the 20th century?
...that the Inca Empire, centered in the city of Cusco, was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America?
...that according to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission some 70,000 persons died or disappeared during the internal conflict in Peru?
...that in 1996 the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement stormed the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, starting the Japanese embassy hostage crisis?
...that nine gold beads fund in the Jiskairumoko archaeological site and dated to around 2,000 BC are the earliest known gold artifacts in the Americas?
...that nine students and a professor from La Cantuta University were executed by the Grupo Colina death squad in the 1992 La Cantuta Massacre?
...that it has been suggested that climate changes provoked by an El Niño event played an important part in the collapse of the Moche civilization?
...that there is evidence of Peruvian involvement in the abduction of a group of Montoneros in Lima as part of Operation Condor?
...that the Peru national football team withdrew from the 1936 Berlin Olympics after its victory over Austria was annulled?

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