Photographs from Lima, Moquegua, Puno, Juliaca, Cusco (Cuzco or Qusqu), and the Sacred or Urubamba Valley.
Peru is most famous for its Inca civilization and the archaeological Machu Picchu site in the Sacred Valley. However, you will NOT find iconic images of that site nor any other famous places such as Saqsawaman, Lake Titicaca, and other here. This gallery has a collection of photos from several areas of this amazing country Peru. It starts off in the city of Juliaca while it was the center of antigovernment protests in the province of Puno (the protests were nationwide). After Juliaca, you will see images from Moquegua, Cerro Baul, Puno, Chucuito, and Lima.
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Copyright © 2009 Kostya Nakazny
 and World Bank and support of the pro-western government of Alan Garcia. This documentary photograph shows a large group of residents on one of the main streets of Juliaca, Peru burning a coffin with words “Rata David” and a rat painted on the side. They would later march to the regional airport occupied by striking professors. During the protests, all businesses were closed for fear of property destruction and in solidarity with the protesters. The population in this altiplano Andean region of southern Peru (bordering with Bolivia) is mostly indigenous Native Americans who speak mostly Aymara and sometimes Quechua (Kechua) languages. People view the reforms conducted from the capital of Peru Lima and genocide of the native people who often lack basic rights and are overlooked by the Peruvian government.');)
, and World Bank (corporations and big international business). Thousands (1000) of glass bottles were broken and rocks and boulders were howled in the middle of the streets to prevent traffic from functioning in Juliaca, on the way to the airport. The indigenous cultures of this altiplano region view the reforms as threats to their basic human and native rights. The documentary image was a digital exposure in raw file format. Juliaca is not a popular tourist attraction despite a huge weekend market of native products including Peruvian textiles.');)
. The new trade agreements would undermine the basic indigenous (native) and human rights of the Native Americans of the altiplano region of the Andes. This is a raw digital photograph. ');)
 in response to the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements pushed by the multi-national corporations and Alan Garcia government. The agreements would disregard the basic human and indigenous rights of the native populations of the altiplano/Lake Titicaca region as well as larger indigenous areas of South America. This digital color raw file was processed for web.');)
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 time with people dressed in a combination of pre-Colombian costumes and Spanish dresses. The pre-Colombian cultures of the Andes celebrated the harvest and sun gods. The native religions still survive after four hundred (400) years of oppression from the Spanish conquistadors, multinational corporations, World Trade Organization, World Bank, local national pro-western governments, and other forces. The primary languages of the South American Indians are Aymara and Quechua. The image was taken in Juliaca, Peru and was a digital raw exposure converted for web.');)
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 feet climb to the statue of Jesus Christ. She is still wearing simplified traditional clothes – the colorful hat became a dark brown one and colorful indigenous textiles became blouses. The street shot was taken in raw file format first and then converted to web compatible file format and is not part of the strike series of photographs.');)
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