Land Back happened in Latin America, too. On July 24, 1969, general and leftist Juan Velasco Alvarado instituted Peru’s national land reform and abolished the landholding class that stole Native land over the past 400 years. This was a demand of Indigenous leaders like Saturnino Huillca (Quechua) ¹/
The land reform was tried before in 1963 and 1964. But, they were either minimal or never enacted. In contrast, General Velasco returned 8.6 million hectares (21,000,000 acres) to Natives. But, after Velasco’s overthrow in 1975, the sеttIer landowners would be return as multinational corporations ²/
