Rock music entered the Peruvian scene in the late 1950s, through listening to performers like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Bill Haley, who popularized rockabilly in the United States. The first Peruvian rock bands appeared during this time. They included Los Millonarios del Jazz, Los Stars, Conjunto Astoria, Los Incas Modernos, and Los Zodiacs.
Francisco Remigio Morales Bermúdez Cerruti was a Peruvian politician and general who was the de facto President of Peru between 1975 and 1980, after deposing his predecessor, General Juan Velasco. His grandfather and all his original family were from the old Peruvian department of Tarapacá, which is now part of Chile. Unable to control the political and economic troubles that the nation faced, he was forced to return power to civilian rule, marking the end of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces installed by a coup d'état in 1968.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Peru face some legal challenges not experienced by other residents. Same-sex sexual activity among consenting adults is legal. However, households headed by same-sex couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-sex couples.
Ricardo Letts Colmenares was a Peruvian politician, journalist and left-wing militant.
Adolfo Carlos Aguilar Villanueva is a Peruvian actor, TV presenter and producer. He is best known for hosts the programs Polizontes, Trato Hecho, El último pasajero and since 2012 Yo Soy.
Venancio Shinki was considered one of the most outstanding Peruvian painters. He was born in Supe, Lima, Peru. His father was Japanese and had arrived to Peru in 1915. His mother was Peruvian. He was born and raised on the Hacienda San Nicolás in Supe, north of Lima. At that time, Supe attracted a large concentration of Japanese immigrants. He has 3 children from his first marriage to Keiko Higa.
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Cecimonster vs Donka is a Peruvian rock band formed on May 1, 2010, by Sergio Saba and Sebastian Kouri in Lima, Peru. A few months later they were joined by Elías Mujica and Patrick Mitchell. Later that year, Elías left the band for Alonso García to take on bass guitar duties. On May 20, 2011, they released their debut album Solara via CD and digital download. The following year on August 1, their sophomore album, titled Adentro Afuera, was released again on both CD and digital download formats.
Isabel María Sabogal Dunin-Borkowski is a Polish-Peruvian bilingual novelist, poet, translator of Polish literature into Spanish and astrologer.
Peruvians for Change was a centre-right party in Peru.
Francisco Rafael Sagasti Hochhausler is a Peruvian engineer, academic, politician, and author who served as the President of Peru from November 2020 to July 2021.
Daniel Federico Olivares Cortés is a Peruvian communicator and politician. A member of the Purple Party, he currently serves in the Peruvian Congress' complementary term 2020-2021 to finish the 2016-2021 term that was interrupted by the dissolution of Congress by Martín Vizcarra.
Hernando Guerra-García Campos, better known as Nano Guerra, was a Peruvian politician, businessman, and television presenter. He served as a congressman representing Lima for Fuerza Popular from 27 July 2021, until his death in office.
María Jesús Isabel Wiesse Romero was a Peruvian poet, writer, essayist, anthologist, and film critic.
Av. Larco is a 2017 Peruvian musical comedy-drama film directed by Jorge Carmona. It is based on Av. Larco: El musical by Rasec Barragán & Giovanni Ciccia, which in turn is inspired by the song «Avenida Larco» by the Peruvian rock group "Frágil".
Salir del clóset is a 2022 Peruvian documentary film written and directed by Alberto Castro. It presents stories and testimonials from ten gay men and the difficulties they faced in freely assuming their sexual orientation.
The Revolution and the Land is a 2019 Peruvian documentary film directed by Gonzalo Benavente Secco and written by Gonzalo Benavente Secco & Grecia Barbieri. The film is about the 1969 agrarian reform carried out by the left-reformist military dictatorship, calling itself the "Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces".
Antonia is a 2022 Peruvian drama film written and directed by Natalia Rojas Gamarra in her directorial debut. It stars Antonia Moreno and Paulina Bazán. It is about a woman who must deal with the pressure of being a mother due to her age, although she has other desires.
