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Pedro Castillo

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Pedro Castillo

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Also known as José Pedro Castillo Terrones

President of Peru from 2021 to 2022

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Pedro Castillo was a former schoolteacher who served as President of Peru from 2021 to 2022. His brief presidency was significant because he represented a major political shift toward the left in Peru, though his time in office was marked by considerable political instability.

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  • Don Quijote de la Mancha
  • Inocencia Interrumpida
  • Manual de Superacion Del Latino
  • Vivencias de Mi Tierra
  • Mis Cuentos Infantiles Favoritos

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Singer and guitar player for Aditus (1980-1995) and Tempano (1978-1980 and from 1998). Born in Cuba and made his musical career in Venezuela. Has evolved into the world of pop and rock with more than 20 recordings and hundreds of performances in the last 30 years. Started a solo career in 1995. Now he lives in USA where he keeps producing music for his own recordings and as a talent for the advertising industry. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Pedro+Castillo">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Quotes

  • For four and a half millennia, our ancestors found ways to solve their problems and to live in harmony with the rich nature that providence offered them. It was like this until the men of Castile arrived...
  • Health is a fundamental right that the State must guarantee. Physical and mental health will be the first priority in the government. We will establish a universal, unified, free, decentralized and participatory health system.
  • A country that is not capable of recognizing and incorporating its ancestral knowledge and generating new ones from research ... will never be able to reach the levels of development required to adequately distribute elementary public services among its population...
  • Innovation will be a priority in schools and internet connectivity a right.
  • ...many of the provisions in force today only benefit large corporations so that they can take away our wealth in abundance. The state must be free to promote, to monitor and regulate according to the interest of the majority.
  • All Peruvians have to know that the tasks that lie ahead are tough and that they require all of us. For this reason, we must put aside ideological differences, political positions and personal interests, in order to tear our country from the serious crises that overwhelm it.

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Free Peru (2020-2022)

Possible Peru (2002-2017)

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