The project seeks to fill the void in the study of Peruvian-American relations to analyze the role played by the US Congress key institution to its political system during one of the hottest periods in the history of bilateral relations: The Revolutionary Government of the Armed Forces. For its leftist and nationalist character, the regime of Juan Velasco Alvarado adopted an anti-imperialist discourse that led to an interesting confrontation with the government of the United States. He expropriated several US corporations, including the International Petroleum Company (IPC), the most notorious case during that time. In this part of the story, researchers have paid little attention to diplomatic and international elements, especially to the interaction of the Peruvian military with the US government. In this regard, the project will contribute to the development of two lines of research: the analysis of Peruvian-US relations and the study of the role of the Congress in the development of the US foreign policy.

A corporate network is defined by the positions that companies share in the directories of other firms. This research suggests that, despite some public role of business associations, Peruvian corporate network has lost cohesion in the last twenty years. For the first time you can find business groups that share fewer or no directors with companies of the other groups. However, the centrality has settled in the network of the financial sector. In this context, the problem is to understand how the Peruvian business community has organized itself in time, assuming that firms seek to relate to each other for individual and collective benefits. This research also seeks to meet entrepreneurs and major companies to have a local business profile and know the importance and the role that certain business institutions in Peru have, such as economic groups and business associations.