Peruvian military junta

The Peruvian military junta, officially named the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces (Spanish: Gobierno Revolucionario de la Fuerza Armada), was a military dictatorship that ruled Peru from 1968 to 1980 after a successful coup d'état by the Peruvian Armed Forces, then led by Juan Velasco Alvarado. Velasco led the Revolutionary Junta, which promoted revolutionary nationalism and left-wing reforms across the country. Among the policies promoted were major agrarian reform, the official recognition of Quechua as a national language, an increase of worker's rights, and the empowerment of workers' unions and indigenous Peruvians. Other measures included the nationalization of natural resources and the expropriation of companies and the media.

As a result of the reforms, the economy went through a severe crisis and the country was subject to international isolation. In response, Velasco Alvarado was overthrown in 1975 by his prime minister Francisco Morales Bermúdez who took power to undo the socialist-leaning measures taken by his predecessor. In a shift from Velasco's close ties to the Eastern Bloc, Morales Bermúdez led the Peruvian military to participate in Operation Condor alongside other right-wing military dictatorships in South America. In 1978, the new government convened a Constituent Assembly, who wrote a new constitution in 1979 and proceeded with democratic elections in 1980. The dictatorship officially ended that same year, with Fernando Belaúnde returning to power after being deposed twelve years prior.