Abancay Avenue ( Spanish : Avenida Abancay ), formerly known as Jirón Abancay , is a major avenue that serves as the limit between the Damero de Pizarro and Barrios Altos , both located in the historic centre of Lima , Peru . The street starts at the Ricardo Palma Bridge and continues until it reaches Grau Avenue .
8-423: Formerly a street ( jirón ), it was widened in 1947 under the government of Manuel A. Odría and buildings were built to house the ministries of economy and education . It is currently the second most congested artery in the city due to the circulation of 43 public transportation routes, in addition to private transportation. This makes it one of the roads with the greatest environmental and noise pollution in
16-608: A deal with Haya de la Torre , but a military coup removed President Prado from office a few days before his term ended. Elections were held again in 1963, with the same three major candidates. This time Belaúnde won with 39% of the vote. During the Belaúnde administration, Odría made an alliance with Haya de la Torre to create a single opposition block in Parliament, which became known as the APRA-UNO Coalition . As
24-479: The President refused, Odría resigned his post. On October 27, 1948, he led a successful military coup against the government and took over as president. After two years, he resigned and had one of his colleagues, Zenón Noriega , take office as a puppet president so he could run for president as a civilian. He was duly elected a month later as the only candidate. Odría came down hard on APRA, momentarily pleasing
32-512: The city. The road that today constitutes the street was laid by Francisco Pizarro when he founded the city of Lima on January 18, 1535. In 1862, when a new urban nomenclature was adopted, the road was named jirón Arequipa . Prior to this renaming, each block ( cuadra ) had a unique name: With the street widening programme in the 20th century, new blocks were created along the avenue. Manuel A. Odr%C3%ADa Former Manuel Arturo Odría Amoretti (26 November 1896 – 18 February 1974)
40-564: The oligarchy and all others on the right. Like Juan Perón , he followed a populist course that won him great favor with the poor and lower classes. A thriving economy allowed him to indulge in expensive but crowd-pleasing social policies. At the same time, however, civil rights in the nation were severely restricted and corruption was rampant throughout his régime. People feared that his dictatorship would run indefinitely; they were surprised when Odría legalized opposition parties in 1956 and called fresh elections. He did not run for office. He
48-553: The presidency with the help of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA). Soon, major disagreements arose between Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre , the founder of APRA, and President Bustamante. The President disbanded his Aprista cabinet and replaced it with a mostly military one. Odría, a fierce opponent of APRA, was appointed Minister of Government and Police. In 1948, Odría and other right-wing elements urged Bustamante to ban APRA. When
56-559: Was a military officer who served as the 45th President of Peru . Manuel Odría was born in 1896 in Tarma , a city in the central Andes just east of Lima . He graduated first in his class from the Chorillos Military Academy in 1915. He joined the army and as a Lieutenant Colonel was a war hero in the 1941 Ecuadorian–Peruvian War . He soon achieved the rank of Major General. In 1945, José Bustamante had attained
64-606: Was succeeded by a former president, Manuel Prado . When national elections were held again in 1962, Odría ran as a right-wing candidate for the Unión Nacional Odriista party. None of the three major candidates - Odría, Haya de la Torre and Fernando Belaúnde - received the required one third of the vote to win with a plurality. It appeared that Odría would win the Presidency in Congress, after having made
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