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Tomo 8. Editada por el Diario "La República" de Lima y la Universidad "Ricardo Palma". Impreso en Santiago de Chile, 1998. Basadre, Jorge (2005a). Historia de la República del Perú. 4.º periodo: La guerra con Chile (1879-1883) 9 (9.ª edición). Lima: Empresa Editora El Comercio S. A. ISBN 9972-205-71-1. Basadre, Jorge (2005b).
It was an important battle during the War of the Pacific that was fought between Chile and the forces of Peru. The Chilean army led by Gen. Manuel Baquedano defeated the army commanded by Nicolás de Piérola guarding the second defensive line of the Peruvian capital city. [2] Two days later, Lima, the capital city of Peru was occupied by ...
The internal conflict in Peru is an armed conflict between the Government of Peru and the Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path. The conflict's main phase began on 17 May 1980 and ended in December 2000. [ 27 ]
The War of the Confederation (Spanish: Guerra de la Confederación) was a military confrontation waged by the United Restoration Army, the alliance of the land and naval forces of Chile and the Restoration Army of Peru, formed in 1836 by Peruvian soldiers opposed to the confederation, and the Argentine Confederation against the Peru–Bolivian Confederation between 1836 and 1839.
Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC; Spanish: Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación, CVR) (13 July 2001 – 28 August 2003) was a truth and reconciliation commission established by President Alejandro Toledo to investigate the human rights abuses committed during the internal conflict in Peru between 1980s and 1990s. [1]
The Armada de Chile and the Marina de Guerra del Perú fought the naval battles. Early on, Chile blockaded the Peruvian port of Iquique on 5 April. [99] In the Battle of Iquique, on 21 May 1879, the Peruvian ironclad Huáscar engaged and sank the wooden Esmeralda.
The Peruvian–Bolivian War was a warlike confrontation between Peru and Bolivia in the years 1841 and 1842.. In 1841, Agustín Gamarra, President of Peru, tried to annex Bolivia, [4] which cost the Peruvian president his life on November 18, 1841 at the Battle of Ingavi.
The viceroy of Peru, José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa was instrumental in organizing armies to suppress uprisings in Upper Peru and defending the region from armies sent by the juntas of the Río de la Plata. After success of the royalist armies, Abascal annexed Upper Peru to the viceroyalty, which benefited the Lima merchants as trade from ...