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For my Spanish report I chose to write about the country of Peru. This South American country’s president is Alberto Fujimori. Fujimori, a Roman Catholic, was elected as president in 1990, and re-elected for another 5-year term in 1995. The name of the currency used by Fujimori and his country is nuevo sol, meaning new son. The current exchange rate for November 17th, 2000 is 3.52 nuevo sol per U.S. dollar. (www.xe.net/ucc/convert.cgi) The official language of Peru is Spanish, as it is for most South American Countries. Although the Andean Indians who inhabit Peru are bilingual. These Andeans also speak the language of Quecha. Quechua is the second language of the Andeans and is mainly spoken in and around the country of Cusco. There are five Patron Saints from Peru. These Saints are Francis Solano, Joseph, Martin de Porres, Rose of Lima, and Turibius of Mogroveio. In Peru they are mostly Roman Catholics. The only other religion in Peru is