Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Peru ta shiga cikin rikici na ɗan gajeren lokaci tare da Ecuador a cikin Yaƙin Paquisha sakamakon rikice-rikicen yanki tsakanin ƙasashen biyu. Bayan da kasar ta fuskanci hauhawar farashin kaya, an maye gurbin kudin Peruvian, sol, da "Inti" a tsakiyar 1985, wanda shi kansa ya maye gurbin nuevo sol a watan Yulin 1991, a lokacin da sabon sol ya tara darajar biliyan daya tsohuwar soles. Kudaden shiga na shekara-shekara na Peruvian ya sauka zuwa $ 720 (a ƙasa da matakin 1960) kuma GDP na Peru ya sauka da kashi 20% wanda ajiyar ƙasa ta kasance dala miliyan 900 mara kyau. Rikicin tattalin arziki na lokacin ya kara tsananta tashin hankali na zamantakewa a Peru kuma ya ba da gudummawa ga tashin hankali na tashin hankali na yankunan karkara, kamar Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) da MRTA, wanda ya haifar da babbar matsala.
a duk fadin kasar. Damuwa game da tattalin arziki, da karuwar barazanar ta'addanci daga Sendero Luminoso da MRTA, da kuma zargin cin hanci da rashawa na hukuma, Alberto Fujimori ya zama shugaban kasa a shekarar 1990. Fujimori ya aiwatar da tsauraran matakai wanda ya haifar da hauhawar farashin kaya daga 7,650% a 1990 zuwa 139% a 1991.