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{{Infobox country|name=Republic of Peru|native_name=República del Perú<br>Piruw Ripuwlika<br>Piruwxa Ripuwlika|image_flag=Flag of Peru.svg|image_coat=Peru COA.svg|capital=Lima|largest_city=Lima|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|government_type=Unitary presidential republic|leader_title1=President|leader_name1=[[Pedro Castillo]]|image_map=Peru map.svg|map_width=260|official_languages=Spanish<br>Quechua<br>Aymara|area_km2=1,285,216|population_estimate=32,275,736|population_estimate_year=2022}} | {{Infobox country|name=Republic of Peru|native_name=República del Perú<br>Piruw Ripuwlika<br>Piruwxa Ripuwlika|image_flag=Flag of Peru.svg|image_coat=Peru COA.svg|capital=Lima|largest_city=Lima|mode_of_production=[[Capitalism]]|government_type=Unitary presidential republic|leader_title1=President|leader_name1=[[Pedro Castillo]]|image_map=Peru map.svg|map_width=260|official_languages=Spanish<br>Quechua<br>Aymara|area_km2=1,285,216|population_estimate=32,275,736|population_estimate_year=2022}} | ||
'''Peru''', officially the '''Republic of Peru''', is a country in [[South America]]. | '''Peru''', officially the '''Republic of Peru''', is a country in [[South America]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:51, 13 December 2022
| Republic of Peru República del Perú Piruw Ripuwlika Piruwxa Ripuwlika | |
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 Flag
 Coat of arms
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| Capital and largest city | Lima |
| Official languages | Spanish Quechua Aymara |
| Dominant mode of production | Capitalism |
| Government | Unitary presidential republic |
• President | Pedro Castillo |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,285,216 km² |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 32,275,736 |
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in South America.
History
Fujimori dictatorship
Alberto Fujimori ruled Peru as an autocrat during the 1990s. His closest advisor and intelligence director, Vladimir Montesino, was a CIA-funded drug kingpin. In 1997, he ordered the execution of 14 leftists who took over the Japanese ambassador to Peru's house.[1]
References
- ↑ William Blum (2002). Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower: 'A Concise History of United States Global Interventions, 1945 to the Present' (p. 135). [PDF] Zed Books Ltd. ISBN 9781842772201 [LG]