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Cambio 90 (lit. Change 90 , C90 ) was a Peruvian right-wing political party which entered the political spectrum in early 1990, and throughout the 1990s until late-2000 was the most powerful political party in Peru alongside New Majority , serving more as an instrumental electoral vehicle for Alberto Fujimori .
History. It was created on May 15, 1861, during the government of Ramón Castilla, as the National Archive (Spanish: Archivo Nacional), with the aim of safeguarding historical government documentation, which until then had been kept in the Convent of San Agustín. The archive was located in the old National Library.
Peruvian sol. The sol (Spanish pronunciation: [sol]; plural: soles; currency sign: S/) [3] is the currency of Peru; it is subdivided into 100 céntimos ("cents"). The ISO 4217 currency code is PEN. The sol replaced the Peruvian inti in 1991 and the name is a return to that of Peru's historic currency, as the previous incarnation of sol was in ...
The Central Reserve Bank of Peru (Spanish: Banco Central de Reserva del Perú; BCRP) is the Peruvian central bank.It mints and issues metal and paper money, the sol.. Its branch in Arequipa was established in 1871, [citation needed] and it served the city by issuing money as well as maintaining a good reputation for savings accounts in Southern Peru.
The Pampas de Ayacucho Historic Sanctuary is located near the town of Quinua in the region of Ayacucho. [1] It has an area of 3 km 2 and was established in 1980 to protect the site of the Battle of Ayacucho. [1] Since 2023, it is part of the Bicentenario - Ayacucho Biosphere Reserve. [2]
The Historic Centre of Lima (Spanish: Centro histórico de Lima) is the historic city centre of the city of Lima, the capital of Peru.Located in the city's districts of Lima and Rímac, both in the Rímac Valley, it consists of two areas: the first is the Monumental Zone established by the Peruvian government in 1972, [1] and the second one—contained within the first one—is the World ...
History of Peru. The history of Peru spans 15 millennia, [1] extending back through several stages of cultural development along the country's desert coastline and in the Andes mountains. Peru's coast was home to the Norte Chico civilization, the oldest civilization in the Americas and one of the six cradles of civilization in the world.
The Bank of the Nation, known in Spanish as the Banco de la Nación, is the bank which represents the Peruvian government in financial transactions in both the public and private sectors, as well as at both domestic and international levels. It is a state institution, but it should not be confused with the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, the ...