Antenor Orrego
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Antenor Orrego Espinoza (22 May 1892 - 17 July 1960) was a Peruvian
Demographics of Peru
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 writer
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 and political philosopher  of Basque
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 ancestry. He was a member of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance
American Popular Revolutionary Alliance
The Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana is a centre-left Peruvian political party.At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 22.6% of the popular vote and 36 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic...

 (APRA). The Universidad Privada Antenor Orreg
Antenor Orrego Private University
The Antenor Orrego Private University is a Peruvian private university located in Trujillo, La Libertad.The university was named after the Peruvian journalist Antenor Orrego Espinoza.- Faculty of Engineering :* Telecommunications Engineering...

o (Antenor Orrego Private University), founded in Trujillo, Peru
Trujillo, Peru
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 in 1988, is named for him.

Antenor Orrego was born in 1892 to José Asunción Orrego and Victoria Espinoza Villanueva in the Santa Cruz Province
Santa Cruz Province, Peru
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 of the Cajamarca Region
Cajamarca Region
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 of Peru
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. He died in Lima
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, Peru
Peru
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in 1960.
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