1.   Attempting to disrupt the election, the Maoist Shining Path guerrillas called armed strikes which were, however, only partially observed in the Andean highlands.

2.   As the former president Alan Garcia campaigned across the Andean highlands, there were flashes of his old populist allure.

3.   In those days, young Shining Path terrorists played soccer with the skulls of their victims in these Andean highlands.

4.   It still operates in the Andean highlands at a fraction of its previous strength.

5.   The drive into the Andean highlands was scenically spectacular but altogether bone-rattling thanks to a rickety rental car and treacherous potholes.

6.   To promote development in the Andean highlands, he promised to stimulate projects to improve irrigation and wool production.

7.   During a visit to Ibarra, in the Andean highlands, Bucaram made a show of donating his salary to a group of peasants.

8.   He blares music from the Andean highlands as supporters chant the name of an ancient Inca emperor.

9.   Pachamanca is traditionally prepared by peasant farmers in the Andean highlands, where it is cooked for celebrations or near harvest time during Easter Week.

10.   Police suspect Shining Path guerrillas were the gunmen who shot to death one police officer and seriously wounded another at a check point in the Andean highlands.