Velasco Alvarado, Juan

Velasco Alvarado, Juan

▪ president of Peru
born June 16, 1910, Piura, Peru
died Dec. 24, 1977, Lima

      president of Peru from 1968 until 1975.

      Formerly commander in chief of the Army, Velasco came to power by overthrowing Pres. Fernando Belaúnde Terry. His revolutionary military government was unique among modern Latin American military regimes for its reformist and populist character and was responsible for sweeping changes in Peruvian society. The government limited U.S. economic influence in Peru, nationalized transportation, communications, and electric power, and converted millions of acres of privately owned farms into worker-managed cooperatives. Velasco successfully defied U.S. interests in 1968 by seizing the La Brea and Pariñas oil fields without compensating the owners (International Petroleum Co., a subsidiary of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, later Exxon) and again in 1969, when he ordered U.S. boats fishing within the 200-mile (322-km) coastal limit captured and fined. When the United States retaliated by temporarily suspending arms sales, he retorted, “Let them send the Marines as they did in Santo Domingo. We will defend ourselves with rocks if necessary.” Velasco's government also instituted tax reforms and a new constitution and established diplomatic relations with the major communist countries. Under Velasco's rule, Peru advocated the removal of the Organization of American States' sanctions against Cuba and sought Latin American unity against U.S. power and influence. Velasco was deposed by Gen. Francisco Morales Bermúdez (Morales Bermúdez, Francisco), his prime minister and war minister, in August 1975 in response to popular discontent with the regime's reluctance to allow more political participation and because of illnesses that severely limited Velasco's activity as president.

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