Government1 (Peru)
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     Political parties and leaders:
         Change 90 (Cambio 90), Alberto FUJIMORI; Popular Christian Party (PPC), Luis
         BEDOYA Reyes; Popular Action Party (AP), Eduardo CALMELL del Solar; Liberty
         Movement (ML), Luis BUSTAMANTE; American Popular Revolutionary Alliance
         (APRA), Luis ALVA Castro, Alan GARCIA; National Front of Workers and
         Peasants (FNTC), Roger CACERES; United Left (IU), leader NA; Independent
         Moralizing Front (FIM), Fernando OLIVERA Vega; Socialist Left (IS), leader
         NA; note - Democratic Front (FREDEMO) was a loosely organized coalition of
         the PPC, AP, and ML during the 8 April 1990 elections, but the parties no
         longer maintain a formal alliance
     Suffrage:
         universal at age 18
     Elections:
       President:
         last held on 10 June 1990 (next to be held NA April 1995); results - Alberto
         FUJIMORI 56.53%, Mario VARGAS Llosa 33.92%, other 9.55%
       Senate:
         last held on 8 April 1990; dissolved on 5 April 1992; because of suspension
         of constitutional role, next election not yet scheduled; results - percent
         of vote by party NA; seats - (62 total; 60 elected, 2 ex-presidents who are
         senators for life) FREDEMO 20, APRA 16, Change 90 14, IU 6, IS 3, FNTC 1;
         note - as a result of the dissolution of FREDEMO and defections and
         expulsions from the various parties, the seats have been reallocated: APRA
         17, Change 90 13, AP 8, IU 6, PPC 5, ML 4, IS 3, FNTC 1, independents 4,
         other 1 (January 1992)
       Chamber of Deputies:
         last held 8 April 1990 dissolved on 5 April 1992; because of suspension of
         constitutional role, next election not yet scheduled; results - percent of
         vote by party NA; seats - (180 total) FREDEMO 62, APRA 53, Change 90 32, IU
         16, IS 4, FNTC 3, other 10; note - as a result of the dissolution of FREDEMO
         and defections and expulsions from the various parties, the seats have been
         reallocated: APRA 53, AP 25, Change 90 25, PPC 23, IU 16, ML 7, FIM 3, IS 4,
         FNTC 3, independents 15, other 4, and 2 currently nonvoting deputies
     Communists:
         Peruvian Communist Party-Unity (PCP-U), 2,000; other minor Communist parties
     Other political or pressure groups:
       leftist guerrilla groups:
         Shining Path, Abimael GUZMAN; Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, Nestor
         SERPA and Victor POLAY
     Member of:
         AG, CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-19, G-24, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO,
         ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC,
         IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, LORCS, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD,
         UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIIMOG, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador vacant; Chancery at 1700 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
         20036; telephone (202) 833-9860 through 9869); Peruvian Consulates General
         are located in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Paterson (New
         Jersey), San Francisco, and San Juan (Puerto Rico)
       US:
         Ambassador Anthony C. E. QUAINTON; Embassy at the corner of Avenida Inca
         Garcilaso de la Vega and Avenida Espana, Lima (mailing address is P. O. Box
         1991, Lima 1, or APO AA 34031); telephone [51] (14) 33-8000; FAX [51] (14)
         316682
     Flag:
         three equal, vertical bands of red (hoist side), white, and red with the
         coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features a shield
         bearing a llama, cinchona tree (the source of quinine), and a yellow
         cornucopia spilling out gold coins, all framed by a green wreath