by the National Council of the
Judiciary

Political parties and leaders: American Popular Revolutionary Alliance
or APRA ; Change 90-New Majority or C90/NM [Alberto
FUJIMORI]; Civic Works Movement or OBRAS ; Democratic
Coordinator or CODE-Pais Posible [Jose BARBA Caballero and Alejandro
TOLEDO]; Independent Agrarian Movement or MIA ; Independent
Moralizing Front or FIM ; Peru 2000 [Alberto
FUJIMORI]; coalition of C90/NM and Vamos Vecino; Popular Action Party
or AP ; Popular Christian Party or PPC [Luis BEDOYA
Reyes]; Renovation Party ; Union for Peru or UPP
; United Left or IU ; Vamos Vecino
or VV

Political pressure groups and leaders: leftist guerrilla groups
include Shining Path [Abimael GUZMAN Reynoso (imprisoned), Gabriel
MACARIO (top leader at-large)]; Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement or
MRTA [Victor POLAY (imprisoned), Hugo AVALLENEDA Valdez (top leader
at-large)]

International organization participation: APEC, CAN, CCC, ECLAC, FAO,
G-11, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU,
ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat,
Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, LAES, LAIA, NAM, OAS,
OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO

Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Alfonso RIVERO Monsalve
chancery: 1700 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
telephone: (202) 833-9860 through 9869
FAX: (202) 659-8124
consulate(s) general: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York,
Paterson (New Jersey), San Francisco

Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador John HAMILTON
embassy: Avenida Encalada, Cuadra 17, Monterrico, Lima
mailing address: P. O. Box 1995, Lima 1; American Embassy (Lima), APO
AA 34031-5000
telephone: (1) 434-3000
FAX: (1) 434-3037

Flag description: 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

@Peru:Economy

Economy - overview: The Peruvian economy has become increasingly
market-oriented, with major privatizations completed since 1990 in the
mining, electricity, and telecommunications industries. Thanks to
strong foreign investment and the cooperation between the FUJIMORI
government and the