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Peter Cárdenas Schulte
Peter David Peabody Cárdenas Schulte, also known as Comrade Alejandro and El Siciliano, is a Peruvian terrorist and former convict known as a co-founder and the second-in-command of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA). Within the MRTA, Schulte served as the head of logistics and finances. Schulte was known as the architect behind the idea of people's prisons. Biography Schulte was born on May 15, 1955, in Lima, Peru. He studied at the Carmelitas de Miraflores school in Miraflores District, Lima, Miraflores District, and intended on becoming a priest. In 1974, Schulte traveled to Argentina to study at the National University of Córdoba. Schulte began taking part in attacks by the People's Revolutionary Army (Argentina), People's Revolutionary Army (PRP) between 1974 and 1976, learning guerrilla tactics in the process. After the 1976 Argentine coup d'état by Jorge Rafael Videla, Schulte was arrested twice. The first arrest was at a street protest, and the second was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lima
Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The city is considered the political, cultural, financial and commercial center of Peru. Due to its geostrategic importance, the Globalization and World Cities Research Network has categorized it as a "beta" tier city. Jurisdictionally, the metropolis extends mainly within the province of Lima and in a smaller portion, to the west, within the Constitutional Province of Callao, where the seaport and the Jorge Chávez Airport are located. Both provinces have regional autonomy since 2002. The 2023 census projection indicates that the city of Lima has an estimated population of 10,092,000 inhabitants, making it the List of cities in the Americas b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
