The city of Machu Picchu was built in the 15th century and was one of the most important of the Inca civilization. By Me. Cláudio Fernandes Machu Picchu was, next to Cuzco, one of the two most important urban centers of the ancient Inca civilization . “Inca” (the son of the Sun) was the name give
OLD AND NEW MODELS IN 20TH CENTURY SOCIETY The decade of the 1970s was particularly important for the history of Peru because an emerging military class wanted to impose its ideas and transform the country. The revolutionary model that the leaders of that adventure had chosen was based on an ideolog
The Revolution of 1930 It was a coup that deposed President Washington Luís on October 24, 1930. The movement was organized by the states of Minas Gerais, Paraíba and Rio Grande do Sul and prevented the inauguration of president-elect Júlio Prestes, on the grounds of electoral fraud. The popular d
The Black Consciousness is an expression that designates the historical and cultural perception that black people have of themselves. It also represents the struggle of black people against racial discrimination and social inequality. Day of Black Consciousness The Day of Black Consciousness, Nove