Calle Víctor Andrés Belaúnde

Behind the name is a man from Arequipa who spent half his life representing Peru before the world. Víctor Andrés Belaúnde Diez-Canseco (1883-1966) entered the diplomatic service young and ended up serving as ambassador, minister of Foreign Affairs and a constant voice for his country in international bodies. His moment of greatest prominence came in 1959, when he was elected president of the 14th General Assembly of the United Nations. He presided over the organization’s debates at the height of the Cold War, in a New York where he would die in December 1966. The street fits the logic of the neighborhood. Much of the street register of Nueva España pays tribute to figures and republics of Spanish America, and this stretch of the Chamartín district adds to the roster a Peruvian who devoted his career to representing his country before other nations.