History of Lima Reforms. The population of Lima played an ambivalent role in the 1821–1824 Peruvian War of Independence; the city suffered exactions from Royalist and Patriot armies alike. After independence, Lima became the capital of the Republic of Peru. It enjoyed a short period of prosperity in the mid-19th century until the 1879–1883 War of the Pacific when it was occupied and looted by Chilean troops. After the war, the city went through a period of demographic expansion and urban renewal. Population growth accelerated in the 1940s spurred by immigration from the Andean regions of Peru. This gave rise to the proliferation
André Lima (environmentalist) Capital of Sao Paulo and the Subcommittee on Environment of the OAB/SP. In the following three years, he worked at SOS Mata Atlântica Foundation as legal advisor. In 1999, Andre Lima moved to Brasilia to work on Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA), through which he was appointed adviser between 2002 and 2004, the National Council for Combating Discrimination (CNCD) of the Ministry of Justice (MJ). Since 1992, Andre Lima has been working in environmental movements and non-governmental organizations in the environmental area. From 2006 to 2010, he worked as monitor and collaborator of the Association for Ecological Development of the Federal District.