The Peruvian Aprista Party is a Peruvian political party and a member of the Socialist International. The party was founded as the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance 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",based on the fraternity espoused by Haya de la Torre. Originally a centre-left to left-wing party with democratic socialist and nationalist elements,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 organizations in the country,and closer ties with the Catholic Church and Evangelical churches.
Luis Juan Alva Castro is a Peruvian economist and politician. In his political career,he achieved the government positions of Second Vice President of Peru,Prime Minister of Peru,President of the Congress and among other portfolios during both administrations of President Alan García.
The Congress of the Republic of Peru is the unicameral body that assumes legislative power in Peru. Due to broadly interpreted impeachment wording in the Constitution of Peru,the President of Peru can be removed by Congress without cause,effectively making the legislature more powerful than the executive branch. Following a ruling in February 2023 by the Constitutional Court of Peru,the body tasked with interpreting the Constitution of Peru and whose members are directly chosen by Congress,judicial oversight of the legislative body was also removed by the court,essentially giving Congress absolute control of Peru's government. Since the 2021 Peruvian general election,right wing parties held a majority in the legislature. The largest represented leftist party in Congress,Free Peru,has subsequently aligned itself with conservative and Fujimorists parties within Congress due to their institutional power.
The Broad Front for Justice,Life and Liberty,or simply Broad Front,is a major political coalition of parties,political organizations,social movements and activist citizens of Peru whose main objective is to consolidate the different leftist,progressive,socialist and communist sectors.
Jorge Alfonso Alejandro del Castillo Gálvez is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. In his career,he has served in the now abolished Peruvian Chamber of Deputies between 1990 and 1992,in the unicameral Congress of the Republic for six non-consecutive terms,between 1995 and 2011 and again from 2016 to 2019,five of which are consecutive terms,and as Mayor of Lima and the District of Barranco during the 1980s.
Nidia Ruth Vílchez Yucra is a Peruvian public accountant and politician. A ranking member of the Peruvian Aprista Party,she served in the Peruvian Congress representing Junín from 2006 to 2011. During Alan García's second administration,she served in the positions of Minister of Housing,Construction and Sanitation and Minister of Women and Social Development.
Aurelio Pastor Valdivieso is a Peruvian lawyer and politician and a former Congressman representing San Martín for the 2006-2011 term. Pastor belongs to the Peruvian Aprista Party. He was defeated in the 2011 election,when he ran for re-election for a seat in Lima. He was the Minister of Justice during the Second presidency of Alan García from July 2009 to September 2010.
Yonhy Lescano Ancieta is a Peruvian lawyer and politician belonging to the Popular Action party. He was a Congressman between 2001 until the dissolution of the Congress by Martín Vizcarra in 2019. From 2009 to 2011,he served as the Popular Action party's national secretary-general. He was the Popular Action's presidential nominee in the 2021 general election and placed fifth in an atomized race of 18 nominees.
Popular Force,known as Force 2011 until 2012,is a right-wing populist and 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 2011,2016 and 2021 presidential elections,all losing by a narrow margin.
Mercedes Rosalba Aráoz Fernández is a Peruvian economist,professor,and politician who served as Second Vice President of Peru from 2016 to 2020. At the beginning of her political career,she served as Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism from 2006 to July 2009,after which she was appointed briefly as Minister of Production,and finally as Minister of Economy and Finance,all portfolios under the second presidency of Alan García.
Cesar Acuña Peralta is a Peruvian politician and entrepreneur in the field of education. A controversial figure in Peruvian politics,he is the founder and leader of the Alliance for Progress party,which has achieved recognition for being the first party of provincial origin to gain electoral popularity at national level since its foundation in 2001.
Daniel Enrique Salaverry Villa is a Peruvian architect,businessman and politician. Between 2016 and 2019,he served in Congress representing the Department of La Libertad. Elected to Congress under the Fujimorist Popular Force party,he was the party's spokesperson for a year,and was President of the Congress from 2018 to 2019. He ran as a candidate for the presidency of Peru for the We Are Peru party in the 2021 general elections.
Since 2016,Peru has been plagued with political instability and a growing crisis,initially between the President,Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and Congress,led de facto by Keiko Fujimori. The crisis emerged in late 2016 and early 2017 as the polarization of Peruvian politics increased,as well as a growing schism between the executive and legislative branches of government. Fujimori and her Fujimorist supporters would use their control of Congress to obstruct the executive branch of successive governments,resulting with a period of political instability in Peru.
Vicente Antonio Zeballos Salinas is a Peruvian politician who served as Prime Minister of Peru from September 2019 to July 2020,under President Martín Vizcarra's administration. Prior,he served as Minister of Justice and Human Rights.
Manuel Arturo Merino de Lama is a Peruvian politician who briefly served as President of Peru for six days between 10 and 15 November 2020. He also served as the President of Congress from 16 March 2020 to 15 November 2020. He was a Member of Congress (AP) representing the Tumbes constituency for the 2001–2006,2011–2016,and 2020–2021 terms.
César Trelles Lara is a Peruvian dental surgeon and politician who is the current president of the Peruvian Aprista Party since October 2019.
Carlos Roca Cáceres is a Peruvian politician. A prominent member of the Peruvian Aprista Party,he was signaled in his youth as one of Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre's main disciples,alongside future President of Peru,Alan García. In his political career,he served in the Constituent Assembly of 1978–1979,which drafted the Constitution of 1979,in the now-abolished Chamber of Deputies,and finally as Peruvian Ambassador to Italy,appointed in Alan García's second presidency.
Carlos Gerardo Arana Vivar is a Peruvian engineer,public administrator and politician. A ranking member of the Peruvian Aprista Party,he served in a variety of technical positions in the second presidency of Alan García,most notably as Director of the National Fund for Social Development Cooperation,from 2008 to 2011.
Saleh Carlos Salvador Heresi Chicoma is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. Throughout his political career,he served as mayor of San Miguel from 2003 to 2014,member of the Peruvian Congress from 2016 to 2020,and Minister of Justice and Human Rights at the start of Martín Vizcarra administration,in 2018.
The third presidential vacancy (impeachment) process against President Pedro Castillo was an action initiated by the Congress of the Republic of Peru with the purpose of declaring the "permanent moral incapacity" of the President of the Republic,Pedro Castillo,under Article 113 of the Political Constitution of Peru.
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