Portal:Peru/Did you know/10

Main square in Lima

...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?