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In the first half of the 1980s, the values copper and silver, Peru's two largest exports, had declined in price to a 40-year low. [6] From 1980 to 1982, the price of copper collapsed from nearly $3000 per tonne to $1300 per tonne. By 1987, the price of copper had only increased to $1380 per tonne. [7]
The internal conflict in Peru is an armed conflict between the Government of Peru and the Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path. The conflict's main phase began on 17 May 1980 and ended in December 2000. [27] From 1982 to 1997 the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement waged its own insurgency as a Marxist–Leninist rival to the Shining Path. [28]
The history of Peru between 1980 and 2000 corresponds to the period following the general elections that put an end to the twelve-year military dictatorship that ruled the country since 1968, with Fernando Belaúnde taking office in 1980.
The Peruvian Army occupies La Brea y Pariñas. The first phase of the dictatorship, calling itself the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces, began with the de facto presidency of the Army Commander General, Major General Juan Velasco Alvarado, who overthrew President Fernando Belaúnde, after the Talara Act and the Page 11 scandals, through a coup d'état, on October 3, 1968.
Peru's per-capita growth rates have diverged from overall growth rates over the last quarter-century. Peru's GDP per capita peaked in 1981 and is only recently on the path to return to that level. By the end of 2006, the government had enacted measures that allowed the economy to improve by increasing investments, and expanding production and ...
In January 1980, groups of asylum seekers took refuge in the Peruvian and Venezuelan embassies, and Venezuela called its ambassador home for consultations to protest that they had been fired on by the Cuban police. [13] In March, Peru recalled its ambassador, who had denied entry to a dozen Cubans who were seeking asylum in his embassy. [14]
Pages in category "1980s in Peru" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1989 in Peru; H.
Lost Decade (Peru), the economic, political and social crisis that took place in Peru in the 1980s; Lost Decades, an economic crisis in Japan that began in the 1990s; The Lost Decade, a television series broadcast by the BBC; Década Perdida or The Lost Decade, the economic crisis in Latin America in general, specifically in Mexico, in the 1980s