Peru in Comparison to Uganda, Colombia, & India

This paper looks at Peru, and discusses three fundamental problems faced by this country. The paper then compares Peru to three other developing countries, Uganda, Colombia and India, in terms of these three fundamental problems.

Peru was subjected to over a decade of military rule, which ended in 1980; since then, the country has been ruled by a succession of democratic governments, but the country has experienced major economic problems, and has also suffered from terrorism, from groups such as El Sendero Luminoso (CIA, 2002a). In 1990, President Fujimori came to power, with a hard hand, and curtailed the terrorist activities of El Sendero Luminoso. Hs government also dramatically improved the economy, through neoliberalist policies, but his use of authoritarian methods was questionable, and led to a great deal of dissatisfaction amongst ordinary Peruvians (CIA, 2002a; Youngers and Burt, 2000). Despite this,...
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