Editing Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (section)

==Presidency of José Luis Bustamante y Rivero (1945–1948)==
In 1945, the [[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance|Peruvian Aprista Party]] returned to legality by participating in the coalition of the National Democratic Front (FDN). Haya de la Torre agreed to launch jurist [[José Luis Bustamante y Rivero]] as the presidential nominee for FDN. On May 20, 1945, Haya reappeared in public, after ten years in hiding, on the occasion in which he delivered his "Reencounter Speech", before a massive concentration of his supporters in Plaza San Martín.<ref>Chang-Rodríguez, 2007, p.338.</ref>

Bustamante y Rivero was ultimately elected president. Thanks to their electoral victory, Haya and the party controlled the legislative caucus as a whole. From there, they managed to approve various measures in favor of the Peruvian people, in addition to demanding greater speed for the reforms that Bustamante was trying to stop. They made vigorous pressure to achieve their objectives, provoking the reaction of the conservative elite, which originated a stage of misrule and anarchy that put the regime in check. In view of this, the opposition caucus failed to attend Congress, causing its recess. Uprisings occurred throughout the country, including the Aprista carried out in the port of [[Callao]]. Bustamante was forced to govern by decree, and banned the party for a second time while the oligarchy knocked on the door of the military barracks. Finally, all this led to the coup propelled by [[Manuel A. Odría]], former Minister of Government and Police. Subsequently, Haya went into hiding, along with other party leaders.<ref>Chirinos Soto, 1985, tomo II, pp.135–146.</ref>