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Augusto B. Leguía: Encyclopedia Ii - Augusto B. Leguía - Overthrown
After 11 years in power and the world depression affecting Peru by ending the flow of foreign capital investments, his government was fin...
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Augusto B. Leguía: Encyclopedia Ii - Augusto B. Leguía - First Term
In 1908 he succeeded José Pardo (a succession event that would occur again in 1919) after being elected president for the first time by ...
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Augusto B. Leguía: Encyclopedia Ii - Augusto B. Leguía - Early Years
Leguía y Salcedo was born in Lambayeque in 1863 to one of the most distinguished families of the Peruvian oligarchy. Educated in Valpara...
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Augusto B. Leguía: Encyclopedia Ii - Augusto B. Leguía - Second Term
In 1919, he again sought the presidency of Peru by trying to succeed José Pardo. Fearing that the former president's government along wi...
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