Juan Velasco Alvarado

Juan Velasco Alvarado
50th President of Peru
In office
October 3, 1968 – August 30, 1975
Prime MinisterErnesto Montagne Sánchez
Luis Edgardo Mercado Jarrín
Francisco Morales Bermúdez
Preceded byFernando Belaúnde
Succeeded byFrancisco Morales Bermúdez
General Commander of the Peruvian Army
In office
1967–1968
PresidentFernando Belaúnde Terry
Preceded byJulio Doig Sánchez
Succeeded byErnesto Montagne Sánchez
Personal details
Born
Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado

(1910-06-16)June 16, 1910
Castilla, Peru
DiedDecember 24, 1977(1977-12-24) (aged 67)
Lima, Peru
Spouse
(m. 1940)
ProfessionMilitary officer
Military service
Allegiance Peru
Branch/service Peruvian Army
RankGeneral

Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado (June 16, 1910 – December 24, 1977) was a Peruvian general who served as the President of Peru after a successful coup d'état against Fernando Belaúnde's presidency in 1968. Under his presidency, nationalism, as well as left-leaning policies that addressed indigenous Peruvians,[1] such as nationalization or agrarian reform were adopted. These policies were reversed after another coup d'état in 1975 led by his Prime Minister, Francisco Morales Bermúdez.

Velasco had a confrontational foreign policy towards the United States, as he pushed for renegotiation of treaties and criticized what he perceived as a pernicious dependence of Latin American states on the United States.[2] While he strengthened Peruvian relations with the Soviet Union, Velasco was firmly anti-communist.[2] His foreign policy has been described as "third way."[2]

  1. ^ Mauceri, Philip (Winter 1995). "State reform, coalitions, and the neoliberal 'autogolpe' in Peru". Latin American Research Review. 30 (1): 7–37. doi:10.1017/S0023879100017155. S2CID 252749746.
  2. ^ a b c Brands, Hal (2010). "The United States and the Peruvian Challenge, 1968–1975". Diplomacy & Statecraft. 21 (3): 471–490. doi:10.1080/09592296.2010.508418. ISSN 0959-2296. S2CID 154119414.

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