We all know that Spain ruled virtually all of Latin America for decades. Peru was one of the countries that became the main source of Spanish wealth and power in South America. The Spanish conquered the Inca capital at Cuzco in 1533 and fully established their control over Peru in 1542. Francisco Pizarro became the viceroyalty and an important figure in Peruvian history because it was one of the most illustrious and aristocratic colonial capitals and the main Spanish stronghold in the Americas (along with Mexico City). From then on, Pizarro maintained his rule over Peru until Jose de San Martin of Argentina and Simon Bolivar of Venezuela led the fight for Peru's independence. In 1879, San Martin completely and definitively proclaimed the independence of Peru, forever freeing the Peruvian people from the Spanish. After independence, Peru was likely to enter into foreign affairs with Chile and then Ecuador due to problems with border agreements, but World War II caused Peru to undergo the most far-reaching changes in its history as a republic. This change was not an isolated or planned event, but a succession of millions of events that gradually transformed a seemingly immutable order. This change occurs during the dictatorship period because in Peruvian history, the military government was overwhelmed by dictators from 1968 to 1980, who controlled the entire government and economy which led Peru into the great depression combined with natural disasters to reduce production. , depress wages, exacerbate unemployment, increase corruption, the failure of mercantilism and stimulate inflation, all of this turned Peru into a corrupt state, which led to a revolution in Peru. During the 1960s era, cyclical bankruptcies were taking hold...... middle of paper...especially causing corruption, violence and other issues leading to revolution. While it will never affect the corrupt black sheep working in government, it will definitely harm citizens, especially the poor and middle class. Works Cited Llosa, Mario Vargas. A Fish in Water: A Memoir. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1994. Print.Soto, Hernando De. The other path: the invisible revolution in the third world. New York: Harper & Row, 1989. Print."Peru: History." GlobalEDGE: Your source for global business knowledge. Michigan State University and Web. April 25, 2014. http://globaledge.msu.edu/countries/peru/history"Internal conflict in Peru." Revolutionary movement Túpac Amaru. Princeton Education, nd Web. Mar.-Apr. 2014.http://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/T%C3%BApac_Amaru_Revolutionary_Movement.html