Peru narrowly dodged a bullet on June 4 when centrist Alan Garcia defeated Ollanta Humala, a radical anti-U.S. demagogue, by an uncomfortably narrow margin. Humala was threatening to pull Peru back from the global economy, install a more authoritarian regime and ally himself with Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez.
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Hernando José Gómez highlighted the benefits of increased market access and explained the domestic and international reaction to the agreement. He pointed out that opening an economy to international markets brings greater growth and a reduction in the income gap with richer countries.
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This catalogue includes the epic-scale illustrated manuscript, Nueva crónica y buen gobierno (New Chronicle and Good Government), written by Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala circa 1615, which presents an account of the effects of the Conquest from a voice rarely heard—that of the conquered.
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