What did Machu Picchu represent for Che Guevara? Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara was born on June 14th 1928 in Rosario in Argentina. Guevara was a Revolutionary who believed‚ fought and died for the right of freedom‚ justice‚ and equal rights for both the rich and the poor. He was a man of many talents; a philanthropist‚ guerrilla war expert‚ and doctor. Then a budding medical student‚ Guevara departed for South America in 1952 with his close friend Alberto Granado. During his travels he found himself troubled
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The Camesia gas pipeline‚ which runs from the amazon‚ over the Andes‚ to the pacific coast has been raising a lot controversy in the past decade with its destruction of the Peru rainforest. It has ruptured 4 times with at least three major spills in the first 18 months since it was constructed in 2004. With 22 indigenous communities living in a state reserve in isolation‚ a contractor by way of helicopter has made contact with these isolated communities and is pressuring them to abandon their ancestral
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Peru is best known as the heart of the Inca empire‚ but it was home to many diverse indigenous cultures long before the Incas arrived. Although there is evidence of human habitation in Peru as long ago as the eighth millennium BC ‚ there is little evidence of organized village life until about 2500 BC. It was at about this time that climatic changes in the coastal regions prompted Peru’s early inhabitants to move toward the more fertile interior river valleys. For the next 1500 years‚ Peruvian civilization
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Indian attacks and bad weather. After many years of failed attempts‚ Pizarro finally found the empire‚ which is centered in what we now call Peru.” (All About Explorers). Pizarro found evidence of gold and other riches from other explorers in the area. This gave him the lead he needed. He then returned to Spain‚ where King Charles appointed him governor of Peru. From there‚ Pizarro sailed from Panama City with about 180 men that very day. Getting closer‚ and closer‚ Pizarro and his men were sailing
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The differences between the two countries include Peru having a more tropical climate‚ leading them to have more healthy and tropical fruits and crops for vegetables than America‚ and Peru lined on the coast of South America‚ leading them to have more seafood than America. The similarities between the two countries include both countries being hospitable during eating
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Hernando de Soto was a conquistador that lived in Spain in the 16th century. De Soto explored and helped conquer places like Peru‚ North America‚ and East Asia. Personal background Hernando de Soto was a 16th century explorer that was born 1500 a.d. in Jerez de los Caballeros‚ Spain and died on May 21st‚ 1542 in Ferriday‚ Louisiana. When de Soto was a child he wanted to be a lawyer but his father said he would much rather be an explorer. Hernando was invited by Pedro Arias Dávila on an expedition
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which their life revolves around. The Quechua are an extremely large indigenous group of the Andean region of South America‚ with the population of almost eleven million people which are mostly present in the following six countries: Colombia‚ Ecuador‚ Peru‚ Bolivia‚ Chile‚ and Argentina. The Quechua practice the Roman Catholic religion and speak Spanish and other Quechua languages. It is well known that indigenous groups have a nexus‚ in which their lifestyle resolves around almost entirely and with
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role in the Spanish Conquest of Mexico and Peru. Before 1942 there was about 50 million Native Americans in Mexico and Peru within 100 years such Native American population decline as much as 90% (45 million). This was mainly as a result of the diseases brought by the Europeans and the diseases that had existed then. Therefore‚ the natives believed that their God’s had deserted them. However‚ there were other factors which played a role in the Conquest of Peru and Mexico such as indecisiveness of leaders
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The Andes are a mountain range along the western coast of South America. They stretch over 7‚000 km / 4‚400 miles from the south of Argentina and Chile to the north of Colombia. They are also found in Peru‚ Bolivia and Ecuador. The Amazon River system has its sources in the eastern flanks of the Andes. The Andes are the longest exposed mountain range of the world‚ and the second-highest after the Himalayas. The Andes mountain range is the highest mountain range outside Asia. Aconcagua‚ the highest
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from western Venezuela to Northern Chile and Argentina‚ and includes portions of Columbia‚ Ecuador‚ Peru and Bolivia. The focus country will here will be Peru‚ a developing country in Latin America. This country is special because it became the latest developing country to enact a domestic climate change initiative with a goal of lowering carbon emissions in its fast growing economy (Stauffer). Peru has had a tumultuous history in the past 50 years‚ with anything from treason to reforms to coups to
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