**Peru** is a [liberal](Liberalism "wikilink"),
[colonial](Colonialism "wikilink"), [capitalist](Capitalism "wikilink")
[state](List_of_States "wikilink") in South America bordering
[Ecuador](Ecuador "wikilink"), [Colombia](Colombia "wikilink"),
[Brazil](Brazil "wikilink"), [Bolivia](Bolivia "wikilink") and
[Chile](Chile "wikilink").

## Major Social Struggles

  - 1919: [Peruvian General
    Strike](Peruvian_General_Strike_\(1919\) "wikilink")
  - 1919: Student Protests
  - 2011: [Puno Anti-Mine Movement](Puno_Anti-Mine_Movement "wikilink")
  - 2011: [Cajamarca Anti-Mine
    Movement](Cajamarca_Anti-Mine_Movement "wikilink")
  - 2011: [Freeport Copper Miners'
    Strike](Freeport_Copper_Miners'_Strike_\(2011\) "wikilink")