Tacnazo Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre) and new elections. Tacnazo El Tacnazo was a military coup launched by then Peruvian Prime Minister, General Francisco Morales Bermúdez against the administration of President Gen. Juan Velasco Alvarado in 1975. This led to what is known in Peru as the "Second Phase" of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces (1968–1980). The coup was planned as a military uprising in the southern city of Tacna, supported unanimously by several of the most prominent members of the Peruvian Armed Forces. After an improvised speech in the Tacna Plaza de Armas, Gen. Morales Bermúdez urged
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam intelligence operatives arrested an influential anti-government organizer, Ba Tra. Ba Tra gave the South Vietnamese government extensive information on anti-government forces working in the city. This setback was compounded by his identification of one of the key cadre in the financial division. Under torture, Ba Tra identified more figures in the underground, who were then arrested. By 1967, the entire Saigon organization had been sent further underground. The Tet Offensive during 1968 triggered a wave of oppression, forcing many people into the jungle. These peoplebusinessmen, middle class, doctors and other professionals started The Alliance. The then-new American president, Richard Nixon,