First presidency of Fernando Belaúnde was ready to leave a plane that the military rebels had prepared to escape on it in case the coup failed, or deport President Belaúnde if triumphed. At 8 am arrived President Belaúnde was guarded by 3 officers and 20 investigators, who forced him to board the plane. The deposed president was taken to Ezeiza International Airport, Argentina. Juan Velasco Alvarado, then President of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru, introduced himself as the President of the Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces. He accused the government of colluding with the interests of international capital and not
People's Revolutionary Government (Grenada) People's Revolutionary Government (Grenada) The People's Revolutionary Government (PRG) was proclaimed on 13 March 1979 after the New Jewel Movement overthrew the government of Grenada in a revolution. The government suspended the constitution and ruled by decree until a factional conflict broke out, culminating in a United States military intervention on 25 October 1983. The New Jewel Movement (NJM) under the leadership of Maurice Bishop was the main opposition party in Grenada during the 1970s. In 1979, the NJM overthrew the government of Eric Gairy, which had ruled the country since independence in 1974. The NJM launched an armed takeover