Juan Velasco Alvarado eat breakfast in [that is, invade] Santiago" "¡Campesino, el patrón no comerá más de tu pobreza!" ("Farmer, the land owner will never again feed off your poverty!") Juan Velasco Alvarado Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado (June 16, 1910 – December 24, 1977) was a left-wing Peruvian General who served as the 58th President of Peru from 1968 to 1975 under the title "[1st] President of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces". Juan Velasco was born in Castilla, a city near Piura on Peru's north coast. He was the son of Manuel José Velasco, a medical assistant, and Clara Luz Alvarado,
Revolutionary government in the Philippines Revolutionary government in the Philippines A revolutionary government or provisional government has been declared a number of times in the Philippines by insurgent groups. A revolutionary government was declared by the Katipunan during the Philippine Revolution or the War for Independence of the Philippines against the Spanish colonial administration over the islands. The Tejeros Convention of 1897 saw the election of officers for a revolutionary government. The independence of the Philippines from Spain was declared by Katipunan leader, Emilio Aguinaldo, who is recognized as the first President of the country, on June 12, 1898. Six days later a revolutionary government