Latin America-U.S. Relations in the Seventies - Fernando Belaunde

Fernando Terry served as President of Peru from 1963-1968. During his term, he inaugurated public works programs ranging from land reclamation to construction of hydroelectric plants. He also negotiated an international agreement among the governments of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia in 1963 to cooperate in the construction of the marginal Forest Highway to open the interior regions of these countries for development.
Part of the World Affairs Series: World Power in Flux