His first term, the country went through a severe economic crisis, social unrest and violence. He ran unsuccessfully for the Presidency in 2001, losing in a run-off to Alejandro Toledo. He ran again in 2006 and was elected to a second term, even though his first term in the 1980s was thought to be the worst in the country's history.
During García's second term, Peru had increased environmental damage, according to critics, and increased social conflict, according to the national human rights ombudsman's office.
García ran for a third term as president in the 2016 Peruvian general election as the candidate of the criticized Popular Alliance coalition which included APRA’s old rival, the Christian People’s Party with Lourdes Flores as his first running mate. The election's first round polls gave García 5.83% of the popular vote, preventing him from participating in the runoff election. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was ultimately elected.
On the morning of 17 April 2019, García shot himself in the neck when police officials were planning to arrest him linked to a corruption scandal. He was hospitalized under critical condition and had emergency surgery where García had three cardiac arrests. He died hours later at a Lima hospital. García became the second head of state of Peru to die of suicide after Gustavo Jiménez, who did so in 1933.
García is considered one of the most controversial yet talented politicians of Peru's contemporary history. He was known as an immensely charismatic orator.
Ollanta Humala
Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso (; born 27 June 1962) is a Peruvian politician. He was the 65th President of Peru from 2011 to 2016. Humala lost the 2006 presidential election and eventually won the 2011 presidential election in a run-off vote. He was elected as President of Peru in the second round, defeating Keiko Fujimori (daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori).
Born to a prominent political family affiliated with the ethnocacerist movement, Humala is the son of famed Quechua labour lawyer Isaac Humala. Humala entered the Peruvian Army in 1981, eventually achieveing the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. During his time in the military, he fought in the internal conflict against far-left terrorist group Shining Path as well as in the Cenepa War with neighboring Ecuador. In October 2000, Humala attempted an unsuccessful coup d'etatagainst President Alberto Fujimori during the dying days of his regime; eventually, Congress granted him amnesty and Humala was allowed to return to military duty.
In 2005, Humala entered electoral politics, founding the Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) in order to run in the 2006 presidential election. Having received first place in the first round, he faced former centre-left President and APRA candidate Alan García in the second round, ultimately losing by a narrow margin. His campaign received widespread international attention in 2006 given the recent success of left-wing politicians in Latin America. In 2011, he would once again run for President, and narrowly defeated Keiko Fujimori in the runoff.
Humala's election initially concerned investors, who feared he would govern similar to far-left Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez, a former ally of his. To assuage these fears, Humala would begin his term by choosing centrists for positions in his cabinet. Humala's unpopular presidency was dominated by corruption scandals surrounding him and his politically influential wife Nadine Heredia. Environmentalists were highly critical of Humala's mining policies, and argued that he reneged on his campaign promise to reign in mining companies.
Humala was arrested by Peruvian authorities in July 2017 for illegally accepting bribes and awaits a corruption trial.
Humala ran for president again in 2021, but lost in the first round of the election.
Javier Valle Riestra
Javier Maximiliano Alfredo Hipólito Valle Riestra González Olaechea, (born January 5, 1932) is a Peruvian lawyer, jurist and politician. He was born in Lima. He is a known member of the Peruvian Aprista Party. He held several public offices, among them the most controversial being President of the Council of Ministers in the government of Alberto Fujimori (1998).
From 2006 to 2011, Valle Riestra was a member of the Congress representing Lima.
President of El Salvador
The President of El Salvador () officially known as the President of the Republic of El Salvador () is the head of state of El Salvador. The office was created in the Constitution of 1841. From 1821 until 1841, the head of state of El Salvador was styled simply as Head of State ("Jefe de Estado").
Intendant and Superior Political Chief
21 Sep 1821 – 28 November 1821 Pedro Barriere (b. ... - d. 1827)
Intendant and Governor (from 11 January 1822, President of the Junta of Government)
28 Nov 1821 - 9 February 1823 José Matías Delgado (b. 1767 - d. 1832)
Supreme Political Chief
Chief of State
22 Apr 1824 - 1 October 1824
The Civic Directory governed El Salvador from 2 to 4 December 1931 . Composed entirely of military, the civic directory began the era of military dictatorships. The civic directory ended its government when the Presidency of the Republic was handed over to Vice President Maximiliano Hernández Martínez , who would later perpetrate a massacre in 1932. The civic directory was formed by (according to the military organization to which they belonged):
National Guard :
First Infantry Regiment :
First Artillery Regiment :
First Machine Gun Regiment :
Cavalry Regiment :
Ministry of War :
Military Aviation :
Alfredo Cristiani
Alfredo Félix Cristiani Burkard, popularly known as Alfredo Cristiani (born November 22, 1947) is a Peruvian politician. He was the President of El Salvador from 1989 to 1994. Cristiani was born in San Salvador. He is a member of the ARENA. Cristiani is of Swiss decent.
Antonio Saca
Elías Antonio "Tony" Saca González (born March 9, 1965) is a Salvadoran politician. He was the President of El Salvador from 2004 to 2009. Saca was a member of the ARENA until 2010 when he switched to the GANA from 2013. Saca was born in Usulután, El Salvador.
Fakir Musafar
Roland Loomis (August 10, 1930 – August 1, 2018), known professionally as Fakir Musafar, was an American performance artist and early artist of the modern primitive movement. He worked with and taught body modification techniques such as body piercing, tightlacing, scarification, tattooing, and flesh hook suspension.
In May 2018, Musafar announced on his website that he was suffering from terminal lung cancer. He died from the disease on August 1, 2018 in Menlo Park, California, aged 87.
Herbert King (actor)
Herbert King (1963 – 2 August 2018) was a Colombian actor. He was born in Santa Marta, Colombia.
His career started the 2000s with a role in the telenovela "Alejo, the search for love", followed by "Pedro el escamoso", "Pasión de Gavilanes", "La saga, negocio de familia", "La Tormenta", "En los tacones de Eva", "Nuevo rico, nuevo pobre".
His last movie role was in the 2017 movie "Loving Pablo" alongside Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz.
King died on August 2, 2018 from a heart attack in the Clinic La Colina in Bogotá, aged 55.
Winston Ntshona
Winston Ntshona (6 October 1941 – 2 August 2018) was a South African playwright and actor. He won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 1975. He was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Ntshona wrote the 1973 play "The Island". He also wrote "Sizwe Banzi is Dead", which he also co-wrote. Ntshona starred in the play "Full Frontal" at the Royal Court Theatre in London.
Ntshona died on 2 August 2018 from a long-illness in New Brighton, South Africa, aged 76.
Kenneth Copeland
Kenneth Max Copeland (born December 6, 1936) is an American author, musician, public speaker, and televangelist. His work deals with the Charismatic Movement. Copeland has been known for preaching a message called the prosperity gospel, but some people criticize it.