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Summary:On June 18 1978 Peru went to the polls for the first time in 15 years, during which time it had been ruled by a military government. Even so, the elections came close to being cancelled less than a month earlier when rioting against the military junta led by General Francisco Morales Bermudez broke out in the capital, Lima. The country was put under martial law and many left-wing leaders deported before Peru finally voted itself a right-centre government.
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Location:PERU LIMA
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