Portal:Peru/Did you know/10


 * ...that the city of Lima (pictured) flourished in the 17th century as the center of a trade network which extended as far as Europe and the Philippines?
 * ...that Alejandro Toledo led the opposition against president Alberto Fujimori and was elected as president in the 2001 general election?
 * ...that the Peru national football team withdrew from the 1936 Berlin Olympics after its victory over Austria was annulled?
 * ...that in the Quechua language, sentences are marked by an evidential suffix which indicates how certain the speaker is about his statement?
 * ...that soprano Yma Sumac became an international success based on the merits of her extreme vocal range?