“But it is important to state here that the Peruvian army, although it suffered a tremendous defeat in San Juan, was not destroyed, nor was it almost annihilated (as some writers affirm)”, wrote the hero Andrés Avelino Cáceres in his Memories. It was half past four in the morning and the field was c
Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931- ) is a Brazilian sociologist, university professor, politician and writer. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance. He was president of Brazil for two terms, from 1995 to 2002. He consolidated the Real Plan, established constitutional reforms, pr
BY LUCERO YRIGOYEN M.Q One morning the center of Lima woke up with dozens of dead dogs hanging on poles. Beneath these cruelly slaughtered animals were signs reading “Teng Siao Ping, Son of a Bitch.” But, what did this terrible business card mean? End of 1980. The streets of downtown Lima woke up
He had carried out a remarkable action by breaking the blockade, by facing combat without detriment to the landing operations of his cargo and, above all, by successfully carrying out the second break of the blockade, says the historian Jorge Basadre. On March 17, 1880, the corvette Union, a Peruv