Portal:Peru/Did you know/8


 * ...that the 17th century Cuzco School (painting pictured), centered on Cusco, Peru, is considered the first organized artistic center in the New World?
 * ...that Alan García was reelected as president in the 2006 general election twenty years after a first term marked by economic crisis and social unrest?
 * ...that José Carlos Mariátegui, a journalist, political philosopher, and founder of the Peruvian Socialist Party, was self-taught?
 * ...that around a quarter of all Peruvian Hairless Dogs are actually born with hair?
 * ...that the Quelccaya Ice Cap, the largest glaciated area in the tropics, has lost approximately 20% of its area since 1978?