Flag of Peru which joined Bolivia to form the Peru–Bolivian Confederation. The South was formed first, thus adopting a new flag: a red vertical band on the left, with a golden sun and four small stars above (representing Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cuzco and Puno, the four groups of the republic), and the right side divided into an upper green band and a lower white one. The North kept the currency and all ---- of the dissolved Peru, including its flag. The flag of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation showed the coats of arms of Bolivia, South and North Peru, from left to right and slanted at
2001 Peru shootdown published these findings in November 2008, criticized the CIA for the "needless" deaths. 2001 Peru shootdown The 2001 Peru shootdown was an incident involving the Peruvian Air Force shooting down a civilian floatplane, killing American Christian missionary Roni Bowers. While flying into the Loreto Region of Peru, Bowers, her infant daughter Charity, husband Jim, and six-year-old son Cory were being followed by a United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) observation plane which advised the Peruvian Embraer EMB 312 Tucano to shoot the civilian plane down, believing that they were carrying drugs out of the country. The Peruvian Air Force was