The Country of Peru

The Ruins of Machu Picchu

Peru is a Latin American country that is located in the Western part of South America, where it's located between Chile and Ecuador.  According to The World Fact book which can be found here, Peru has an estimated population of  29 million as of July of 2010.  It's government, much like our own is a constitutional republic.  It consists of the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches as well different Peruvian political parties (Aprista, Union of Peru, Peruvian Nationalist party).  The current president of Peru,  Alan Garcia Perez of the Peruvian  Aprista Party, has been in office since July of 2006.  Peru's national currency is the Nuevo Sol and the country's economy relies heavily on it's natural resources such as minerals (copper, gold, zinc) found in mountain areas, and fish found at the coast.

The media in Peru is dominated by privately owned companies.  Peru is unfortunately filled drug trafficking and corruption, so reporters often times risk their lives when covering these topics.  The three biggest newspapers in Peru are El Peruano, El Comercio, and, La Republica.  El Peruano is the "official" daily paper of Peru.  Founded in the early 1800s, makes it the oldest government-based newspaper in all Latin America.  Aside from giving the news, this paper also publishes every law that passes in the country.  Because of it's affiliation with the government, it does not circulate as well as the other newspapers.  One of Peru's most popular television channels is Frencuencia Latina.  Besides its up to the minute news stories, it's also the subject of controversy for ongoing coverage on the corruption within the Kojimori government.