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Carlos Basombrío Iglesias
Carlos Miguel Ramón Basombrío Iglesias (born 31 August 1957) is a Peruvian sociologist, journalist and political scientist. He served as Ministry of the Interior (Peru), Minister of the Interior in the Presidency of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski administration from July 2016 to December 2017. Early life and education Carlos Basombrío was born in Lima, Peru on 31 August 1957. He is the son of José Carlos Alfonso Basombrío Porras and Rosario Iglesias Castro-Mendívil. His father was a magistrate of the Judicial Power of Peru, Judiciary and the Constitutional Court of Peru, Court of Constitutional Guarantees, and great-grandson of nineteenth-century president José Rufino Echenique; while his mother, great-granddaughter of Miguel Iglesias, also president during the final stages of the War of the Pacific, and great-granddaughter of Mariano Castro Zaldívar. His great-uncle, the engineer Enrique Basombrío Echenique, was Ministry of Agriculture (Peru), Minister of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of The Interior (Peru)
The Ministry of the Interior (, MININTER) is a ministry of the Government of Peru responsible for the administration of the internal order of the Peruvian State, as well as managing law enforcement units. Established in 1968 under the so-called Revolutionary Government, its headquarters are located, since July 1961, in San Isidro District, occupying the former premises of Limatambo International Airport. As of , it is headed by the Minister of the Interior . History Prior to its establishment, it was preceded by the Ministry of Government, which took a number of names throughout its history: *Ministry of Government, Justice and Worship (1855–1857) *Ministry of Government, Worship and Public Works (1857–1860) *Ministry of Government, Police and Public Works (1860–1896) *Ministry of Government and Police (1896–1968) Until 1961, it was housed in a building located on the southern side of Italy Square, in Barrios Altos. It was then moved to the former premises of Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Iglesias
Miguel Iglesias Pino de Arce was born on 11 June 1830 in Cajamarca, Peru, and died on 7 November 1909 in Lima, Peru. He was a Peruvian soldier, general, and politician who served as the 26th President of Peru ( Regenerator President of the Republic) from 1882 to 1885. Life The original name of his family was de la Iglesia. He was a descendant of a line of Catalans from the town of Solivella. His father left for Peru in the early 19th century to join three uncles on Iglesias's mother's side who had founded the Chota silver mine, near the town of Cajamarca, in the county of the same name, in northern Peru, in 1780. Lorenzo Iglesias Espinach became both the heir of his uncles and sub-prefect of Cajamarca; he was a friend of Simón Bolívar, who stayed with him in Cajamarca and was one of the groups of dissident Spanish colonists who supported independence from Spain. In 1820, Lorenzo Iglesias married Rosa Pino, and their son, Miguel, was born ten years later. Miguel Iglesias Pin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Impeachment Process Against Pedro Pablo Kuczynski
The first impeachment process against Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, then the incumbent President of Peru since 2016, was initiated by the Congress of Peru on 15 December 2017. According to Luis Galarreta, the President of the Congress, the whole process of impeachment could have taken as little as a week to complete. This event was part of the second stage of the political crisis generated by the confrontation between the Government of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and the Congress, in which the opposition Popular Force had an absolute majority. The impeachment request was rejected by the congress on 21 December 2017, for failing to obtain sufficient votes for the deposition. Background Prior to the beginning of the process to remove him from office, President Kuczynski was accused by the congressional opposition of lying about receiving bribes from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, as he had initially denied receiving any payments at all from them, but later admitted that he ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Action (Peru)
The Popular Action (, AP) is a liberal and reformist political party in Peru, founded by former Peruvian president Fernando Belaúnde. History Early history Fernando Belaúnde founded Popular Action (''Acción Popular'') in 1956 as a reformist alternative to the status quo conservative forces and the populist American Popular Revolutionary Alliance party. Although Belaúnde's message was not all that different from APRA's, his tactics were more inclusive and less confrontational. He was able to appeal to some of the same political base as APRA, primarily the middle class, but also to a wider base of professionals and white-collar workers. It also advocated scientific advancement and technocracy, a policy set that it took from the Progressive Social Movement, a splinter party which it eventually absorbed. The AP had significant electoral success, attaining the presidency in 1963 and 1980, but the party was more of an electoral machine for the persona of Belaúnde than a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peruvian Aprista Party
The Peruvian Aprista Party (, PAP) () is a Peruvian social-democratic political party and a member of the Socialist International. The party was founded as the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (, APRA) by Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, who originally intended to create a network of anti-imperialist social and political movements in Latin America. Members are called "''compañeros''" (fellows), based on the fraternity espoused by Haya de la Torre. Originally a centre-left to left-wing party with democratic socialist and nationalist elements (in addition to the aforementioned anti-imperialism), the party moved closer to the political centre under the leadership of Alan García starting in the 1980s, embracing social democracy and later some Third Way policies. In 2006, the party adopted a new platform as García's second presidency implemented a series of policies labelled as centre-right, embracing free-market capitalism, dialogue with other right-wing parties and organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shining Path
The Shining Path (, SL), self-named the Communist Party of Peru (, abbr. PCP), is a far-left political party and guerrilla group in Peru, following Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and Gonzalo Thought. Academics often refer to the group as the Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path (, abbr. PCP-SL) to distinguish it from other communist parties in Peru. When it first launched its " people's war" in 1980, the Shining Path's goal was to overthrow the government through guerrilla warfare and replace it with a New Democracy. The Shining Path believed that by establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat, inducing a cultural revolution, and eventually sparking a world revolution, they could arrive at full communism. Their representatives stated that the then-existing socialist countries were revisionist, and the Shining Path was the vanguard of the world communist movement. The Shining Path's ideology and tactics have influenced other Maoist insurgent groups such as the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Force
Popular Force (, FP), known as Force 2011 () until 2012, is a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist and Fujimorism, Fujimorist political party in Peru. The party is led by Keiko Fujimori, former congresswoman and daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori. She ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in the 2011 Peruvian general election, 2011, 2016 Peruvian general election, 2016 and 2021 Peruvian general election, 2021 presidential elections, all losing by a narrow margin. History Popular Force was formed in 2010 by the merger of the Alliance for the Future (Peru), Alliance for the Future coalition, formed in 2005 through the union of the Cambio 90 and New Majority (Peru), New Majority parties, which were created during the government of Alberto Fujimori. Alliance for the Future ran in the 2006 Peruvian general election, 2006 elections; Martha Chávez was chosen to appear for the presidential elections. However, it came in fourth place with 7.44% of the votes cast. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larcomar
Larcomar (a portmanteau of "'' Larco''" and "'") is a shopping centre located at the intersection of José Larco Avenue and the Malecón de la Reserva in Miraflores District, Lima, Peru. Owned by Chilean company Parque Arauco, it is frequently visited by both international tourists and locals. It is directly across the street from the JW Marriott Hotel Lima. History The mall was originally part of the Hacienda Armendáriz, specifically the section later known as Alfredo Salazar Park, inaugurated in 1953 in honour of the Peruvian aviator of the same name who sacrificed himself after his aircraft malfunctioned in 1935. Its construction had been criticised by locals, including writer Mario Vargas Llosa, since it involved the destruction of a lush park and its acoustic shell and "Rincón Gaucho" restaurant. The mall was ultimately inaugurated on November 27, 1998, by its architect, Eduardo Figari Gold. In 2010, it was acquired by Chilean company Parque Arauco S.A.. 2016 fire On W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perú
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country, with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west, to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country, to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River. Peru has a population of over 32 million, and its capital and largest city is Lima. At , Peru is the 19th largest country in the world, and the third largest in South America. Peruvian territory was home to several cultures during the ancient and medieval periods, and has one of the longest histories of civilization of any country, tracing its heritage back to the 10th millennium BCE Caral–Supe civilization, the earliest civilization in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Police Of Peru
The National Police of Peru (, PNP) is the national police force of Peru. Its jurisdiction covers the nation's land, sea, and air territories. Formed from the merger of the Investigative Police, the Civil Guard, and the Republican Guard in 1988, it is one of the largest police forces in Latin America. Its mission is to preserve domestic order, public order and national security, in order to enforce the law and protect the people of Peru. The PNP is controlled by the Ministry of the Interior. The PNP has a number of divisions, tasked with enforcing specific aspects of the law; among the more well known are DIROES (Special Operations), DIRANDRO (Anti-Narcotics Unit), DIRINCRI (Criminal Investigations), and DIRCOTE (Anti-Terrorism). History After the proclamation of Independence of Peru in 1821 by José de San Martín, the Civic Guard and the Civic Militia were created, with José Bernardo de Tagle as Inspector General. In a decree issued on 7 January 1825, Simón Bolívar esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodrow Wilson Center
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS) or Wilson Center is a Washington, D.C.–based think tank dedicated to research and policy discussions on global issues. Established by an act of Congress in 1968, it serves as both a United States Presidential Memorial, presidential memorial to Woodrow Wilson and a part of the Smithsonian Institution. The Wilson Center describes itself as nonpartisan and provides a forum for scholars and policymakers to address critical international and domestic challenges. The Wilson Center has been recognized as a leading global think tank. In 2020, the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program ranked it as the 10th most influential think tank worldwide. It conducts research on international relations, security, economics, and governance, producing reports and hosting discussions that shape policy debates. On March 15, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the elimination of several federal entities, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
