General Discussion

wikipedia refresher on benevides sounds like a playbook ......

Benavides oversaw an authoritarian regime and built a strong relationship with wealthy Peruvian business owners.[1][2][3][4] The primary concerns of the new Government were: to resolve the conflict with Colombia (peace was negotiated in May 1934); and to resolve internal political agitation (Tauro, vol 1, p. 266; Orrego, p. 894) for which purpose, Benavides outlawed the Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (APRA), arguing that it was an international party, prohibited by the Peruvian Constitution, and repressed the Communist Party for the same reason. Benavides called presidential elections in 1936; but the results were annulled as they favored the investment of Luis Antonio Eguiguren who, according to the Government, had the vote of the APRA.