Juan Velasco Alvarado Velasco at its helm as President. Velasco's administration articulated a desire to give justice to the poor through a regime of nationalization known as Peruanismo. Velasco's rule was characterized by left-leaning policies, which aimed to create a strong national industry to increase the international independence of Peru. To that end, he nationalised entire industries, expropriated companies in a wide range of activities from fisheries to mining to telecommunications to power production and consolidated them into single industry-centric government-run entities ("PescaPeru", "MineroPeru", "Petroperú", "SiderPeru","Centromin Peru", "ElectroPeru", "Enapu", "EnatruPeru", "Enafer", "Compañia Peruana de Telefonos", "EntelPeru", "Correos del Peru", etc.), and increased government
Juan Velasco Damas Juan Velasco Damas Juan Velasco Damas (born 17 May 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right back, and is a manager. He played for seven clubs during his professional career, appearing in 213 matches in La Liga and scoring one goal. He also competed abroad in England and Greece. Velasco represented Spain at Euro 2000. Born in Dos Hermanas, Province of Seville, Velasco started representing professionally local giants Sevilla FC, appearing in 13 La Liga matches in the 1996–97 season, which ended in relegation. His league debut occurred on 5 March 1997 in a 0–2 away