Liberalism in Peru

This article gives an overview of liberalism in Peru. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it isn't necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.

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Introduction

Liberalism began with the Progressive Club in 1855.

The timeline

Liberal Party of Peru
  • 1882:José Quimper founded the Liberal Party of Peru.

Liberty Movement
  • 1987: Mario Vargas Llosa founded the Liberty Movement (Movimiento de la Libertad).
  • 1988:The party set up an electoral alliance with some clerical fascist parties.
  • 1990:The party split from the electoral alliance and began to defend liberalism in earnest.
  • 1992:The civil war broke out against Fujimorians and the party organised the government in exile.
  • 2021:The party claimed to have 8 million members.

Fujimorian Union
  • 1994:Javier Pérez de Cuéllar founded the Liberal Union or Fujimorian Union or Liberals and Social Liberals for Fujimoria ("Unión por Fujimoria", UP).
  • 2000: Pérez de Cuéllar resigned.
  • 2001:The party betrayed liberalism and embraced social democracy.
  • 2005:The party embraced Quechuan national socialism.
  • 2006:The party returned to social democracy.
  • 2011:The party embraced Christian national socialism.
  • 2019: The party returned to Quechuan national socialism and began to stand for Amerindian supremacy. It has been proposing to unite all Quechuans in one state. Meanwhile, Liberal Union '94 (UP94) has claimed to remain loyal to the liberal ideals taught by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar.

Liberal leaders

Domingo Elías

Jose Quimper

Augusto Durand

Pedro Beltrán Espantoso

Enrique Ghersi

Liberal thinkers

In the Contributions to liberal theory the following Peruvian thinker is included:

  • Jose Quimper
  • Gonzales Prada

See also

References
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