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The Central Reserve Bank of Peru (Spanish: Banco Central de Reserva del Perú; BCRP) is the Peruvian central bank.It mints and issues metal and paper money, the sol.. Its branch in Arequipa was established in 1871, [citation needed] and it served the city by issuing money as well as maintaining a good reputation for savings accounts in Southern Peru.
North Peru issued 1 ⁄ 2, 1, and 8 reales, 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 2, 4 and 8 escudos whilst South Peru issued 1 ⁄ 2, 2, 4 and 8 reales, 1 ⁄ 2, 1 and 8 escudos. In 1856, production of all coins ceased. Smaller 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 real coins were introduced in 1858 and 1859, respectively, along with 50 centimos in 1858 and then 25 and 50 centavos in 1859.
The Peruvian gold pound (Spanish: libra peruana de oro; abbreviation: Lp.), was a unit of currency issued in Peru between 1898 and 1931. It was fixed in value to 10 soles de plata and was issued in the form of gold coins and banknotes, which circulated alongside coins denominated in centavos, dineros and soles.
In 1862, the Peruvian government decreed the metric system to be official in Peru. However, several years later the old measurements were still used. In 1869, a new law made the metric system compulsory. In 1875 Peru adhered to the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Sèvres, France.
Peru's gross domestic product at the start of the decade (in constant 2010 USD) was $64.7 billion. By 1990, Peru's gross domestic product had devalued to $58.5 billion. It would take until 1996 for the country's GDP to reach levels higher than those in the 1980s. [ 16 ]
Cambio 90 (lit. Change 90 , C90 ) was a Peruvian right-wing political party which entered the political spectrum in early 1990, and throughout the 1990s until late-2000 was the most powerful political party in Peru alongside New Majority , serving more as an instrumental electoral vehicle for Alberto Fujimori .
On the Plaza de Armas the traditional Cambio de Guardia del Palacio (Changing of the Palace Guard) is carried out every day by the 37th Infantry Battalion, (Presidential Guard Battalion). This military parade is one of the most famous acts performed on the Plaza de Armas, because the whole battalion reunites to do it.
José Luis Rodríguez was born in Caracas, Venezuela to José Antonio Rodríguez from the Canary Islands, Spain and Ana González a Venezuelan housewife.He lost his father at the age of six, and was raised by his mother (an illiterate then, learned to read as an adult to read the Bible) along with 11 brothers and sisters.