Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
US historian Hiram Bingham arrives at Machu Picchu.
1955
Women are granted the right to vote.
1969
Quechua is made an official language.
1980
Sendero Luminoso burns ballot boxes in Ayacucho, marking the beginning of the In-
ternal Conflict.
1985
Alan García is elected, the first APRA candidate to reach the presidency.
1987
A Moche leader's tomb is discovered near Lambayeque. He is dubbed El Señor de
Sipán.
1990
Alberto Fujimori, an agronomist of Japanese descent, is elected president.
1994
Astrid y Gastón opens in Lima; the restaurant catapults Peruvian cuisine onto the inter-
national stage.
2001
Alejandro Toledo becomes president and the first indigenous governer of an Andean
country.
2003
An independent report on the Internal Conflict released: death toll estimates reach
70,000.
2009
