Juan Velasco Alvarado
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Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado was a Peruvian general and politician who was the military leader of Peru from 1968 to 1975 after a successful coup d'état against Fernando Belaúnde's presidency. Under
Juan F. Velasco Alvarado
General Velasco meeting with President Nicolae Ceaușescu of Romania, in 1973.
Grave of General Velasco.
Francisco Morales Bermúdez
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Francisco Remigio Morales Bermúdez Cerruti was a Peruvian politician and general who was the de facto President of Peru between 1975 and 1980, after deposing his predecessor, General Juan Velasco. Una
Juan Velasco Alvarado
…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…
Morales Bermúdez in 1975
Morales Bermúdez in October 2016, aged 95