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...MOST VIABLE force in Peruvian politics has been, traditionally, its hugely popular left-wing political party, APRA, or the Alianze Popular Revolucionaria Americana for short. (APRA is also sometimes known as the Partido Apristo Peruano--that...
...started out as violent and seriously revolutionary in the 1920s, under the leadership of your standard Latin American charismatic type, Haya de la Torre--known affectionately as "el Jefe." EI Jefe's messianic Marxism and anti-imperialism found a receptive audience in underdeveloped Peru, forging what Peruvians call APRA's "mistica...
Garcia's erratic economics have cost him his once overwhelming popularity. A + February poll by Apoyo, Peru's leading independent polling firm, charted his approval rating at a dismal 13%. Last December Garcia's support within his own APRA (Popular American Revolutionary Alliance) Party eroded to the point where he was forced to resign as its leader. Nevertheless, the President, whose five-year term expires in 1990, has stubbornly ignored calls for him to step down...
...coup, the military has shown no desire to end nine years of civilian rule. But Peruvian society is on the verge of polarization between the extreme left and right. Last July marked the appearance of the Rodrigo Franco Command, a death squad said to be made up of dissident APRA Party members. The group has assassinated several leftists and critics of the government and has threatened to kill many more...
...though, Belaúnde was at odds with the Peruvian Congress. His Actión Popular party was not strong enough to outvote his opponents, the coalition of ex-Dictator Manuel Odría's upper-middle-class followers and the left-of-center American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA), headed by Old Liberal Victor Raúl Haya de la Torre, His budgets rose from $400 million to more than $1 billion annually, and the country's cumulative deficit grew to $555 million. Tax dodging by the privileged was flagrant, but Belaúnde's programs were...