Visualizing a political actor in Pacific War

The role of Manuel Velarde in the governments of Francisco García Calderón and Lizardo Montero (1881-1883)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/is.n45.20196

Keywords:

Manuel Velarde, Pacific War (1879-1883), Government of García Calderón (1881), Government of Lizardo Montero (1882-1883), Peru-Bolivia Alliance (1880-1884)

Abstract

Manuel Velarde was an important man, politician, and military who had a relevant role during the War of the Pacific (1879-1884). Thanks to the unpublished information provided by various documentary collections, his political participation is reconstructed after the fall of Lima (January 1881), especially during the governments of Francisco García Calderón (where he was Minister of Government) and Lizardo Montero (as Chief of the South Army, Minister of War, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers), which had not been analyzed in greater depth by the Peruvian historiography. Likewise, the character of Velarde as a political articulator and operator is notorious for alternating his functions as a government official with the strengthening of relations with other figures in the high political spheres related to civilism (Camilo Carrillo in Arequipa, Francisco García Calderón in Chile and Manuel María del Valle in La Paz) and the alliance with Bolivia and General Campero.

Author Biography

  • Julio Abanto Chani, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Peru

    Nació en Lima, el 17 de enero de 1985. Licenciado en Historia por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos y viene cursando una Maestría en Gestión Pública en esa misma casa de estudios. Cuenta con diplomas de especialización en gestión pública, archivística, gestión cultural y relaciones internacionales. Fue becario del Instituto de Investigaciones Histórico Sociales – UNMSM (2008). Publicó el libro Encarando el desastre. El conflicto hegemónico  entre la burguesía limeña y los terratenientes serranos del norte en la Guerra con Chile. 1881-1884 (2012). Fue uno de los ganadores del II Concurso Nacional de Tesis de Titulación Profesional organizado por la Asamblea Nacional de Rectores (2012) y del I Concurso de Ensayos sobre la Guerra con Chile organizado por la Municipalidad Provincial de Arequipa (2016). Actualmente labora en el Centro de Documentación e Investigación del Lugar de la Memoria, la Tolerancia y la Inclusión Social. 

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2021-10-14

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No. 45 (2021)

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Abanto Chani, J. (2021). Visualizing a political actor in Pacific War: The role of Manuel Velarde in the governments of Francisco García Calderón and Lizardo Montero (1881-1883). Investigaciones Sociales, 45, 191-204. https://doi.org/10.15381/is.n45.20196