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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peru declared its independence in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces were defeated in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of a violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's election in 1990 ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump in the late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction with his regime, which led to his resignation in 2000. A caretaker government oversaw a new election in the spring of 2001, which installed Alejandro TOLEDO Manrique as the new head of government - Peru's first democratically elected president of indigenous ethnicity. The presidential election of 2006 saw the return of Alan GARCIA Perez who, after a disappointing presidential term from 1985 to 1990, oversaw a robust economic rebound. Former army officer Ollanta HUMALA Tasso was elected president in June 2011, and carried on the sound, market-oriented economic policies of the three preceding administrations. Poverty and unemployment levels have fallen dramatically in the last decade, and today Peru boasts one of the best performing economies in Latin America. Pedro Pablo KUCZYNSKI Godard won a very narrow presidential runoff election in June 2016.

Peru is a presidential republic.

Source: CIA World Factbook

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Decreto Supremo Nº 002-2016-VIVIENDA ─ Reglamenta parcialmente la Ley Nº 30327, Ley de Promoción de las Inversiones para el Crecimiento Económico y el Desarrollo Sostenible.

Regulations
January, 2016
Peru

El presente Decreto Supremo reglamenta parcialmente la Ley que tiene por finalidad promocionar las inversiones para el crecimiento económico y el desarrollo sostenible, estableciendo la simplificación e integración de permisos y procedimientos, así como medidas de promoción de la inversión.

Decree 1210

Legislation
August, 2015
Peru

Legislative Degree amending the tenth final supplementary provisionof Legislative Degree No. 1192, which approves the framework act of acquisition and expropriation of property, transfer of property ot the state, release of interference and other decisions for rxecution of works of infrastructure.

Decreto Legislativo N° 1192

Legislation
July, 2015
Peru

Decreto Legislativo que aprueba la Ley Marco de Adquisición y Expropiación de inmuebles,transferencia de inmuebles de propiedad del Estado, liberación de Interferencias y dicta otras medidas para la ejecución de obras de infraestructura.