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Tupac led the indeginous revolution against the Spanish. The rebelion was an Inca revival movement that sought to improve the rights of indigenous Peruvians suffering under the Spanish. It began with the capture and killing of the Tinta Corregidor and Governor Antonio de Arriaga. After that there was a bath of blood wich went in favor of the Spanish. After that Tupac Amaru ll was executed infront of Spanish. -
The great Machu Picchu one of the seven wonders of the world. However, Machu Picchu's existence was not widely known in the West until it was “discovered” in 1911 by the Yale University professor Hiram Bingham lll, who was led to the site by Melchor Arteaga, a local Quechua-speaking resident. -
Peru had its best result in Mexico 1970 FIFA World Cup, finishing in seventh place. But, they were eliminated by Brazil in the quarter finals. It still remains their strongest finish in the FIFA world cup. -
In 1988 the Peruvian Women Volleyball won the silver medal in Seoul, an achievment for the team and Peru itself. -
Albert Fujimori defeated Mario Vargas Llosa in a Presidential Election of 1990. Fujimori being the underdog in the story and election. This was a run-off election. -
The 1996 Nazca earthquake ocured on November 12 killing 70,000 people Nazca and Acari were the most affected cities. -
General elections were held in Peru April 9 2000, with a run- off of a presidential election on May 28. The elections were very controversial and considered to have been fraudulent. President Alberto Fujimori was re-elected for the third time.
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The biggest earthquake ever in Peru the Arequipa Earthquake, 88,629 were killed a record in Peru.But clearly not the happiest record. -
The 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. Because of his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat.