Peru–Bolivian Confederation confederation and Orbegoso maintained only the presidency of the newly created "Nor-Peruvian" state. Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz promoted a project to reunite the two territories on the basis of a confederacy. The Peru–Bolivian Confederation was a plan that attempted to reunite the "Alto Perú" (“Upper Peru”, now Bolivia) and "Bajo Perú" (“Lower Peru”, now simply Peru) into a single political and economic entity. This integration was based not only on historical, cultural and ethnic reasons, but also on economic motives. The union was attempting to restore the ancient commercial routes and promote a policy of open markets. In Peru,
Peru his pardon by President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in 2017. Even after the president's regime, Fujimori's followers, called "Fujimoristas", have caused political turmoil for any opposing faction in power, even causing Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to resign in March 2018. The sovereign state of Peru is a representative democratic republic divided into 25 regions. It is classified as an emerging market with a high level of human development and an upper middle income level with a poverty rate around 19 percent. It is one of the region's most prosperous economies with an average growth rate of 5.9% and it has one of