Chorrillos Military School
{{Short description|Peruvian Army officer education institution}}
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| native_name = {{Langx|es|Escuela Militar de Chorrillos}}
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| motto = {{langx|es|Disciplina, Moral y Equidad}}
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| established = {{start date and age|1830|01|30}}
| type = Military academy
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| president = Brig. Gen. Carlos Alberto Rabanal Calderon
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| city = Lima
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| country = Peru
| address = Av. Escuela Militar S/N, Chorrillos
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| website = {{URL|http://www.escuelamilitar.edu.pe}}
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The Chorrillos Military School ({{Langx|es|Escuela Militar de Chorrillos}}) is the institution in charge of the undergraduate education of officers of the Peruvian Army.
Overview
The school was opened in 1830 during the first government of Agustín Gamarra and was relocated to Chorrillos, Lima, Peru, in 1888, hence its name.{{cite news | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1643356712.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+26%2C+1898&author=&pub=The+Sun+%281837-1985%29&desc=A+CONFLICT+OF+RACES&pqatl=google | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712204717/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1643356712.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Apr+26,+1898&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=A+CONFLICT+OF+RACES&pqatl=google | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 12, 2012 | title=A conflict of races | work=The Baltimore Sun | date=26 April 1898 | accessdate=1 January 2012 | pages=8 | quote=PERU'S NEW MILITARY SCHOOL Formally Opened at Chorrillos In A Stirring Patriotic Speech By President Piorola.}}{{subscription required}}
{{As of|2019}}, its director was Brigade General Carlos Rabanal Calderon.{{cite news|url=http://www.larepublica.pe/06-01-2013/19-generales-de-la-promocion-humala-asumen-mandos-de-grandes-unidades-ep|title=19 generales de la promoción Humala asumen mandos de grandes unidades EP|author=Ángel Páez|date=6 January 2013|work=La Republica|accessdate=27 June 2014|language=Spanish}}
It was also the alma mater of Manuel Noriega (1962),{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/07/07/panama.manuel.noriega.profile/ | title=The rise and fall of Noriega, Central America's strongman | publisher=CNN | work=CNNWorld | date=7 July 2010 | accessdate=1 January 2012 | author=Hooper, Simon}} Vladimiro Montesinos (1966),{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/11/26/peru.cabinet/|title=Peru's New Government Fires 15 Generals|publisher=CNN|work=CNNWorld|date=26 November 2000|accessdate=16 March 2023|author=Cisneros, Claudia}} and Hugo Chávez Frías (1974).{{cite news|url=http://www.larepublica.pe/06-03-2013/hugo-chavez-llego-al-peru-en-1974-como-cadete-y-se-inspiro-en-el-velasquismo|title=Chávez llegó al Perú en 1974 como cadete y se inspiró en el velasquismo|date=6 March 2013|work=La Republica|accessdate=27 June 2014|language=Spanish}}
It contains the Escuela de Comandos (Commando School). In 1997, a replica of the Japanese Diplomatic Residency was secretly built there. Tunnels were dug and the rescue plan was practiced again and again until perfect for the Operation Chavin de Huantar that ended the Japanese embassy hostage crisis. {{as of|2008}} it still existed and was considered a monument to those who took part in the rescue, and sometimes still used in training.{{cite news|url=http://enperublog.com/2008/08/18/japanese-hostage-crisis-and-operation-chavin-de-huantar/|title=Japanese hostage crisis and Operation Chavin de Huantar |author=Stuart Starrs |work=...en Perú|date=August 18, 2008|accessdate=27 June 2014}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.escuelamilitar.edu.pe Escuela Militar de Chorrillos]
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Category:Educational institutions established in 1830