Fallecimiento del expresidente del peru juan velasco alvarado. Juan velasco alvaradopiura, 1910 lima, 1977 militar y politico peruano. Juan velasco was born in castilla, a city near piura on perus north coast. After attending public schools in his hometown, velasco stowed away on a coastal steamer that took him to lima in 1929. He was the son of manuel jose velasco, a medical assistant, and clara luz alvarado, who had 11 children.
Juan francisco velasco alvarado june 16, 1910 december 24, 1977 was a leftwing peruvian general turned dictator who served as the 58th president of. Juan velasco alvarado by cesar mendoza herrera on prezi. Among 11 children of a minor civil servant, he described his youth as one of dignified poverty. Velasco described his youth as one of dignified poverty, working as a shoeshine boy in piura. Inauguracion del monumento juan velasco alvarado youtube. Juan velasco alvarado president of peru britannica. Juan velasco alvarado, born june 16, 1910, piura, perudied dec. Juan velasco alvarado was born at piura, on perus north coast, on june 16, 1910. Jul 27, 2011 inauguracion del monumento del expresidente juan velasco alvarado. A man of humble origins, the peruvian army officer general juan velasco alvarado 19101977 seized power in 1968 and launched a sweeping but illfated reform program.