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Flag of Peru. Coat of arms. This is a list of notable Peruvians ... Luzmila Mahuanca, human rights activist advocating for the rights of Amazonian people; References
Felipe Lettersten (1957–2003), artist and sculptor of indigenous tribes and people. Nelson Medina (born 1978), artist and art director. Diego Montoya (born 1982 or 1983), visual artist and fashion designer. Federico Otero, industrial designer. Jorge Piqueras (1925–2020), visual artist. Luis de Riaño (1596–c. 1667), Cusco School painter.
Susana Esther Baca de la Colina (Spanish pronunciation: [suˈsana ˈβaka]; born 24 May 1944 in Chorrillos, Lima Province, Peru) is a prominent Peruvian singer-songwriter, school teacher, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and three-time Latin Grammy Award winner.
[223] [224] Peru's physical land-based telephone network had a dramatic increase in telephone penetration from 2.9% in 1993 to 5.9% in 1996 and 6.2% in 2000, [225] and a dramatic decrease in the wait for a telephone line: the average wait went from 70 months in 1993 (before privatization) to two months in 1996 (after privatization). [226]
The Spanish sealed the conquest of Peru by entering Cuzco on 15 November 1533. [7]: 216 Jauja, in the fertile Mantaro Valley, was established as Peru's provisional capital in April 1534, [10]: 286 but it was high up in the mountains and too distant from the sea to serve as the capital. Pizarro founded the city of Lima on Peru's central coast on ...
The possible living face of Peru’s most famous mummy, a teenage Inca girl sacrificed in a ritual more than 500 years ago atop the Andes, was unveiled Tuesday. Produced by a team of Polish and ...
Martín Adán (1908–1985), poet; Katya Adaui (born 1977), novelist; Ciro Alegría (1909–1967), indigenist novelist; Marie Arana (born 1949), Peruvian-American novelist, biographer, journalist
This is a list of those who have served as President of the Republic of Peru (head of state and head of government of Peru) from its establishment to the present.The office was established by the 1822 Constituent Congress, after the resignation of José de San Martín to his position as Protector of Peru and his subsequent departure from the country.