The Concept of Indoamerica in Víctor Raul Haya de la Torre, 1924-1945

  • Ricardo Portocarrero Grados Archivo José Carlos Mariátegui
Keywords: Politics, Indoamérica, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peru, 20th century

Abstract

The 1920s was a key period in the history of Peru. In the context of a capitalist modernization process that seeks to integrate the country and insert it into the world market, the debates on the national reality are revived. This is a discussion on how to conceptualize that national reality, which takes into account not only the Creole elites but also the indigenous majorities. Faced with concepts such as “Pan-Americanism”, “Latin America” or “Ibero-America”, the social and political movements for renewal seemed to group around the concept of “Indoamerica”. This was an expression of a continental movement that had begun in Mexico, in the context of the Mexican revolution and of the Secretariat of Public Education headed by José Vasconcelos. In the case of Peru, its most important representative was Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, whose proposal was expressed between the founding of APRA in Mexico (1924) and his works Construyendo el aprismo (1933) and La defensa continental (1942).

Author Biography

Ricardo Portocarrero Grados, Archivo José Carlos Mariátegui

Licenciado en Historia.

Published
2022-08-19
How to Cite
Portocarrero GradosR. (2022). The Concept of Indoamerica in Víctor Raul Haya de la Torre, 1924-1945. Revista Del Archivo General De La Nación, 37(1), 119-136. https://doi.org/10.37840/ragn.v37i1.140