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Land reform
By now, many intellectuals and government officials saw the
agrarian situation as an urgent economic problem as well as a matter of social
justice. Even the army believed that land reform was a prerequisite for the
development of a larger market, without which any genuine industrial development
would prove impossible. On October 3, 1968, tanks smashed through the gates into
the courtyard of the Presidential Palace. General Velasco and the army seized
power, deporting Belaunde and ensuring that Haya de la Torre could not even
participate in the forthcoming elections.
The new government, revolutionary for a military regime , gave the land back to
the workers in 1969. The great plantations were turned virtually overnight into
producer's co-operatives, in an attempt to create a genuinely self-determining
peasant class. At the same time guerrilla leaders were brought to trial,
political activity was banned in the universities, indigenous banks were
controlled, foreign banks nationalized, and diplomatic relations established
with East European countries. By the end of military rule, in 1980, the land
reform programme had done much to abolish the large capitalist landholding
system.
Even now, though, a shortage of good land in the sierra and the lack of decent
irrigation on the coast mean that less than twenty percent of the landless
workers have been integrated into the co-operative system - the majority remain
in seasonal work and/or the small farm sector. One of the major problems for the
military regime, and one which still plagues the economy, was the fishing crisis
in the 1970s. An overestimation of the fishing potential led to the build up of
a highly capital-intensive fish-canning and fish-meal industry, in its time one
of the world's most modern. Unfortunately, the fish began to disappear because
of a combination of ecological changes and over-fishing - leaving vast
quantities of capital equipment inactive and thousands of people unemployed.
Although undeniably an important step forward, the 1968 military coup was always
an essentially bourgeois revolution, imposed from above to speed up the
transformation from a land-based oligarchy to a capitalist society.
Paternalistic, even dictatorial, it did little to satisfy the demands of the
more extreme peasant reformers, and the military leaders eventually handed back
power voluntarily in democratic elections
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Published articles and reviews about us
2009
Testimonials
Ajay
Parikh
Date:
Thu,16 Jul 2009
Hello all the folks at Peru Gateway Travel,
We had a fantastic time in Peru. We thank you all for making
our trip a success.
The only concern is that the accommodation in Cusco was below
average and we would not recommend the Emparada Plaza (?) to
anyone. Even though the staff was good, the room/bathroom,
breakfast was very bad.
Once again, thanks a lot for making our trip to your country a
memorable one. All the guides, especially Guillarmo in Lima
and Erica in Cusco, were excellent.
Kazuaki Kubo
Date:
Thu,16 Jul 2009
I want to thank
you and all of the staff of Peru Gateway Travel for the perfect
arrangement of my trip in June.
Everything was so fantastic and I was made to think about another
trip to Peru.
Sincerely, Denise Pratico
Date:
Mon, 6 Jul 2009
I am writing to let you know that we
enjoyed Peru very much. The city tour led by Marco was fantastic. We
will be happy to recommend your agency to other Americans
Jane
Date:
Mon, 6 Jul 2009
We have
completed our trip to Peru and are now back in New York City.
I want to thank you for all the arrangements you made. The
trip was wonderful and all our accommodations excellent. Thank
you for making our trip a success.
Best regards, Marcy
Date:
Mon, 6 Jul 2009
We arrived home at 4 o'clock in the
morning, very tired (we had a long lay-over in Amsterdam) but very
very happy. I am so pleased to tell you that our Peru vacation that
you planned for us was excellent! Everything was just as the
itinerary said it would be. We were very pleased with the hotels,
and the transfer people and guides were always there and everybody
was so nice and knowledgeable. We learned a lot about your very
exciting country and its history, particularly about the Quechua
culture. We will always remember the Inti Raymi festival in Cusco. I
am so glad we were able to see that. Of course Machu Picchu was also
a great highlight. And, Michael and I also very much liked Arequipa.
We didn't know much about that city, but we had a very great time
there on our free day and visited the cathedral, spent a lot of time
going through the Santa Catalina monastario and, of course, went to
the museum to see "Juanita". Beautiful architecture there too.
Really, every day was wonderful, and we would like to thank you so
much for all your efforts. Also please extend our thanks to Maria
Carmen who was so helpful on the phone and to Julia, who came to the
hotel our first night to explain many things to us and give us all
our tickets and vouchers. And perhaps you also had something to do
with our last night in Lima at the Libertador. We got a suite -- a
very big beautiful room! Thank you so much.
We wish you and your family all the best, and for sure we will be
recommending Peru Gateway Travel to our friends.
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