Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana Peruvian Aprista Party
Leader	Alan García
Founded	May 7, 1924
Headquarters	Av. Alfonso Ugarte N° 1012 - Lima, Perú
Political ideology	Social democracy
International affiliation	Socialist International
Website	http://www.apra.org.pe

The American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) also known as the Partido Aprista Peruano (Peruvian Aprista Party) is a Peruvian left-wing social democratic political party. Image File history File links Flag_of_APRA.svg‎ File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): American Popular Revolutionary Alliance ... Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (born May 23, 1949 in Lima) is the current President of Peru after winning the 2006 elections on June 4, 2006 in a run-off against Union for Peru candidate Ollanta Humala. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Nickname: City of the Kings Location within Lima Province Coordinates: Department Lima Province Lima Province Settled 1535  - Mayor Luis Castaneda Lossio Area    - City 804. ... - Peru (Spanish: República del Perú) is a country in western South America, bordering Ecuador and Colombia to the north, Brazil to the east, Bolivia to the east, south-east and south, Chile to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... The official symbol of Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of social democratic, labor, and democratic socialist political parties. ... In politics, left-wing, the political left or simply the left are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of, to varying extents, liberalism, socialism, green politics, anarchism, communism, social democracy, progressivism, American liberalism or social liberalism, and defined in... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ...

At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 22.6% of the popular vote and 36 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic. Its presidential candidate at the elections of the same day, Alan García, won 22.6% of the vote and went on to win the second round on 4 June 2006 with 52.6%. A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... The first round of the 2006 Peruvian national election was held on April 9, 2006 to elect the President of the Republic, two Vice-Presidents, 120 Members of Congress, and five Peruvian members of the Andean Parliament (plus 10 substitutes), for the 2006-2011 period. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Congress (Spanish: Congreso) is the name given to Perus unicameral legislature under the current (1993) constitution. ... Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (born May 23, 1949 in Lima) is the current President of Peru after winning the 2006 elections on June 4, 2006 in a run-off against Union for Peru candidate Ollanta Humala. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

History

Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, founder of APRA in 1924

APRA was originally founded by Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre in Mexico City on 7 May 1924 with aspirations to becoming a continent-wide party, and it subsequently influenced a number of other Latin American political movements, including Bolivia's Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario, MNR) and Costa Rica's National Liberation Party (Partido Liberación Nacional, PLN). ImageMetadata File history File links Victor_Raul_Haya_de_la_Torre. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Victor_Raul_Haya_de_la_Torre. ... Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (22 February 1895 – 2 August 1979) was a Peruvian political leader who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) political movement. ... Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (22 February 1895 – 2 August 1979) was a Peruvian political leader who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) political movement. ... It has been suggested that Mexican Federal District be merged into this article or section. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... MNR logo The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario) is a political party in Bolivia. ... The National Liberation Party (Spanish: Partido Liberación Nacional; commonly abbreviated as PLN) is a political party in Costa Rica. ...

It is the oldest surviving political party in Peru and one of the most well-established. APRA is as much a social phenomenon as a political movement, with a membership whose loyalty to the party has been unwavering for several generations.

APRA initially espoused anti-imperalism, pan-Americanism, international solidarity and economic nationalism. Years of repression and clandestinity, as well as Haya de la Torre's single-handed dominance of the party, resulted in striking sectarian and hierarchical traits. The party's structure and its hold over its rank and file proved more lasting than its original program.

Opportunistic ideological swings to the right by Haya de la Torre in the 1950s, in exchange for attaining legal status for the party, resulted in an exodus of some of APRA's most talented young leaders to the Marxist left. // Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ...

Political activity since 1980

After several years of military rule, APRA was allowed to participate as a legal political party in 1979. As a result, the party gathered strong support from the electorate, managing to win a majority of seats in the newly created Constitutional Assembly, and supervised the first democratic elections in 12 years.

Haya de la Torre was elected president of the Constituent Assembly and was slated to run as the party's presidential candidate in 1980. However, he died before the election. The party was divided between Armando Villanueva and Andres Townsend, each one of them claiming to be the political and ideological heirs of Haya de la Torre. APRA chose Villanueva as its candidate, while Townsend and other members left the party to create the Movimiento de Bases Hayistas. The split among the Apristas allowed former president Fernando Belaúnde Terry of Acción Popular to win the election. Fernando Belaúnde Terry (October 7, 1912 – June 4, 2002) was President of Peru for two terms (1963–1968 and 1980–1985). ... The Popular Action (Acción Popular) is a conservative liberal party in Peru. ...

However, APRA managed to win in virtual control of both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. It was also during these election that Alan García started his political career, after being elected Deputy for the Province of Lima. Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (born May 23, 1949 in Lima) is the current President of Peru after winning the 2006 elections on June 4, 2006 in a run-off against Union for Peru candidate Ollanta Humala. ...

The youthful and charismatic García was elected president on April 14, 1985 with 45% of the vote during the first round. Since he did not receive the 50% of the vote required to win the presidency, García was required to enter the second round against Alfonso Barrantes Lingán (the leftist mayor of Lima) of the Izquierda Unida Coalition. Barrantes, however, decided not to enter the second round of the elections, saying he did not want to prolong the political uncertainty of the country. April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105 in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alfonso Barrantes Lingán (1927, Cajamarca, Peru; d. ... Nickname: City of the Kings Location within Lima Province Coordinates: Department Lima Province Lima Province Settled 1535  - Mayor Luis Castaneda Lossio Area    - City 804. ... Izquierda Unida (United Left) is the name of a number of political parties in Spanish-speaking countries: Izquierda Unida, Spain. ...

García was thus declared president on June 1st and officially took power on July 28, 1985. It was the first time in its sixty-year history that the populist APRA party had come to power in Peru.

His presidency was marked by hyperinflation with the annual rate exceeding 7,500 percent by the end of the period. Certain figures in this article use scientific notation for readability. ...

In May 1989, APRA chose as its standard bearer Luis Alva Castro, a long-time rival to García. Despite APRA's less-than-successful time in power, it managed to obtain 19.6 percent of the vote in the first round of the 1990 elections, more than any of the other parties. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Luis Alva Castro is a Peruvian politician. ...

For the final runoff, it is thought that APRA may have cut a deal with Cambio 90, the party of dark-horse candidate Alberto Fujimori, to prevent the leading candidate Mario Vargas Llosa from getting elected. In any case, Fujimori was subsequently elected. Cambio 90 (Change 90) was a Peruvian political party which only entered the political spectrum in early 1990, but by June 1991 was the most powerful political force in the nation. ... Alberto Kenya Fujimori, (born in Peru[1] on July 28, 1938), also known as Kenya Fujimori (藤森 謙也 Fujimori Kenya), was President of Peru from July 28, 1990 to November 17, 2000. ... Mario Vargas Llosa (birth name: Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa) (born March 28, 1936) is a Peruvian writer who is one of Latin Americas leading novelists and essayists. ...

At the 2001 legislative elections, the party won 19.7 % of the popular vote and 26 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic. Its presidential candidate at the elections of the same day, Alan García Pérez, won 25.8 % of the vote and was defeated in the second round by Alejandro Toledo. A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Elections in Peru provides information pertaining to the election process and the results of Peruvian presidencial elections. ... Congress (Spanish: Congreso) is the name given to Perus unicameral legislature under the current (1993) constitution. ... Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (born May 23, 1949 in Lima) was President of Peru from 1985 to 1990. ... Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique (born 28 March 1946) is a Peruvian politician. ...

In February 2005, García officially commenced his campaign for the 2006 presidential election. He came in second place by a slim margin over Lourdes Flores, and faced Ollanta Humala in a run-off election on June 4. He became president again as Humala conceded after exit polls and partial vote counts showed García leading. [1]. He officially took power on July 28, 2006. The first round of the 2006 Peruvian national election was held on April 9, 2006 to elect the President of the Republic, two Vice-Presidents, 120 Members of Congress, and five Peruvian members of the Andean Parliament (plus 10 substitutes), for the 2006-2011 period. ... Lourdes Flores Lourdes Flores Nano (born 1959) is a Peruvian politician and lawyer. ... Ollanta Humala Tasso (born June 26, 1963) is a Peruvian left-leaning nationalist politician and a Lieutenant Colonel (retired) in the Peruvian army. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ...

APRA is a member of the Socialist International. The youth organization of APRA is known as Juventud Aprista Peruana. The official symbol of Socialist International The Socialist International is a worldwide organization of social democratic, labor, and democratic socialist political parties. ... Juventud Aprista Peruana, is the youth organization of Partido Aprista Peruano in Peru. ...

Presidential candidates of APRA

• 1933 - Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
• 1962 - Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
• 1963 - Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
• 1980 - Armando Villanueva (Note: Andrés Townsend, also a prominent member of the Party, participated on this elections under the Hayist Bases Movement)
• 1985 - Alan García
• 1990 - Luis Alva Castro
• 1995 - Mercedes Cabanillas
• 2000 - Abel Salinas
• 2001 - Alan García
• 2006 - Alan García

Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (22 February 1895 – 2 August 1979) was a Peruvian political leader who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) political movement. ... Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (22 February 1895 – 2 August 1979) was a Peruvian political leader who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) political movement. ... Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (22 February 1895 – 2 August 1979) was a Peruvian political leader who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) political movement. ... Armando Villanueva del Campo (born 1915 - present) is a historical leader of the Peruvian American Popular Revolutionary Alliance. ... Hayist Bases Movement (in Spanish: Movimiento de Bases Hayistas), was a splinter-group of APRA in Peru founded in 1981. ... Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (born May 23, 1949 in Lima) is the current President of Peru after winning the 2006 elections on June 4, 2006 in a run-off against Union for Peru candidate Ollanta Humala. ... Luis Alva Castro is a Peruvian politician. ... Mercedes Cabanillas Bustamante is currently a Peruvian Congresswoman of the Peruvian Aprista Party serving the Province of Lima. ... Abel Salinas Izaguirre (May 12, 1930) is a Peruvian politician. ... Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (born May 23, 1949 in Lima) is the current President of Peru after winning the 2006 elections on June 4, 2006 in a run-off against Union for Peru candidate Ollanta Humala. ... Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (born May 23, 1949 in Lima) is the current President of Peru after winning the 2006 elections on June 4, 2006 in a run-off against Union for Peru candidate Ollanta Humala. ...

Presidents elected under APRA

• 1985 - Alan García
• 2006 - Alan García

Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (born May 23, 1949 in Lima) is the current President of Peru after winning the 2006 elections on June 4, 2006 in a run-off against Union for Peru candidate Ollanta Humala. ... Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (born May 23, 1949 in Lima) is the current President of Peru after winning the 2006 elections on June 4, 2006 in a run-off against Union for Peru candidate Ollanta Humala. ...

External link

• APRA's official website (in Spanish)