Isaac Humala Núñez (born 1931) is a Peruvian labour lawyer and the ideological leader of the Movimiento Etnocacerista, a group of ethnic nationalists in Peru.
Isaac Humala | |
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| Born | Isaac Humala Núñez 2 July 1931 Oyolo, Ayacucho, Peru |
| Education | National University of San Marcos |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, politician |
| Political party | Movimiento Etnocacerista |
| Other political affiliations |
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| Spouse | Elena Tasso de Humala |
| Children | 10, including Antauro, Ollanta, and Ulises |
Personal life
editIsaac Humala Núñez, who is of Andean origin and speaks Quechua,[1] is the father of Ollanta Humala, a former president of Peru. His wife Elena Tasso Heredia is from an old Italian family that established itself in Peru at the end of the 19th century. One of his other sons, Antauro Humala, a former army major, ran a rebellion against the government's policies in the Andean city of Andahuaylas in December 2004, in which a police station was seized and some people were killed. His eldest son, Ulises Humala, also ran for president in 2006, and currently occupies a full-time position as a professor at the National University of Engineering in Peru.
Beliefs
editHumala is a self-proclaimed subversive: "a patriot has to be...Christ was and so are we", he declared in an interview.[1] He had previously been an active member of the Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland and the Revolutionary Left Movement.
Humala is an ethnic nationalist, advocating for the "copper skinned" Andean peoples of Peru. According to Humala: "the human species had four races, of which one is practically separate, the white one that dominates the world, the yellow has two powers, China and Japan, and the Black, although without the same weight as the others, at least dominates its own continent. On the other hand, the copper race does not govern anywhere."[2]
Ethnocacerism
editIn 1989, Humala founded the Instituto de Estudios Etnogeopolíticos (IEE), the think tank of his ethnocacerist ideology.[1] Likewise, he founded the Peruvian Nationalist Movement (MNP) - a political group that assumes the postulates of "ethnocacerism" - according to an agreement taken in Alto de la Alianza, Tacna, on 29 October 2003 (third anniversary of the uprising of his sons against the Fujimori government), setting the primary objective of gaining electoral power but without ruling out the possibility of using the armed means. Its symbol is "El sembrador" by the indigenous painter José Sabogal.[3]
Political career
edit2006 Peruvian general election
editVargas Llosa published an editorial on 15 January 2006, attacking Issac Humala's beliefs.[4] Humala has said that his movement advocates more political sovereignty for Peru's indigenous members as they suffer more than the descendants of Europeans, who he believes hold too much influence in Peru and throughout the Andes.[5]
During the 2006 Peruvian general election, Humala, father of candidates Ollanta and Ulises, said that he would free Shining Path and MRTA leaders Abimael Guzmán and Víctor Polay, since he considers that terrorist movements no longer represent a threat to Peruvian society. This came after a letter was signed by several public figures, including Ulises and fellow candidates Javier Diez Canseco and Alberto Moreno, demanding a fair trial for Polay. Most candidates rushed to condemn Isaac Humala's comments—including both Humala's candidate sons.[6]
2020 Peruvian snap parliamentary elections
editIn November 2019, at the age of 88, he announced his candidacy for the Congress of the Republic for the Free Peru party for the extraordinary elections of 2020. However, a month later his candidacy was excluded from the National Jury of Elections after having omitted information about his personal property on the resume he submitted.[7][8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Michael Rudu (4 May 2005). "Andean Storm Troopers". Foreign Policy Research Institute. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
- ^ Aznarez, Carlos. "El patriarca de los Humala". Peru.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 April 2011.
- ^ "Los hermanos Humala y el "etnocacerismo" en el Perú [Agencia IPI]". 13 December 2007. Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ Vargas Llosa, Mario (15 January 2006). "Raza, botas y nacionalismo". La Razón (La Paz) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 January 2006.
- ^ Reel, Monte (3 June 2006). "Race Is Wild Card in Peru Runoff". The Washington Post. p. A08.
- ^ "Padre de Ollanta Humala pide amnistía para jefes guerrilleros". El Universal (in Spanish). 17 March 2006.
- ^ PERÚ, Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA. "Elecciones 2020: JNE confirma exclusión de Isaac Humala". andina.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "Elecciones 2020: JNE confirmó exclusión de Isaac Humala". rpp.pe (in Spanish). 24 December 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2021.