Strong acting elevates weak writing - The Hispanic Theater Guild opens its season with Mario Vargas Llosa’s drama about a woman’s life during a historic time in Peru. - Miami

“The war of the Pacific, also called the Chile-Peru war and including Bolivia, ended in 1884 after five years of border confrontations.

Victorious Chile was given the southern Peruvian provinces of Arica and Tacna. Not until 1928, in an agreement involving the United States, did Tacna go back to being a part of Peru.

During the Chilean occupation, rich families lost their fortunes and many Peruvians were forced to find employment elsewhere.”

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