Tacnazo 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 President Velasco to leave office peacefully and avoid a
Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam National, Democratic and Peace Forces, the People's Revolutionary Party (the South Vietnamese communist party) and "the usual assortment of mass organizations, ethnic groups, and geopolitical regions." Banners displayed prominently at the convention proclaimed that "South Vietnam is independent, democratic, peaceful, and neutral". The PRG reflected a number of nationalist, anti-imperialist and communist political viewpoints, including those of the Vietnam Workers Party (the North Vietnamese communist party). Following the military and political results of the 1968 Tet Offensive and related military offensives in the South, in which the Vietcong suffered serious military losses, the PRG was envisioned as a political counter-force