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American Popular Revolutionary Alliance

1924 · 20th century · Also known as APRA, Peruvian Aprista Party

The American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) is a Peruvian political party founded by Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre in Mexico in 1924 as an anti-imperialist movement for Latin America, and organised in Peru in 1930. Peru's first mass party, it was repeatedly banned and fought bloody conflicts with the army, including the Trujillo uprising of 1932. It finally won the presidency under Alan García in 1985 and again in 2006.

American Popular Revolutionary Alliance
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). American Popular Revolutionary Alliance. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/american-popular-revolutionary-alliance
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