1938 in Peru

Incumbents

• President: Óscar R. Benavides

  Events

• December 24 - The Lima Declaration is approved by 21 American countries, affirming the sovereignty of Latin American states.

  Births

• May 16 - Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian linguist, intellectual and sexologist
• July 28 - Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru

  Deaths

• April 15 - César Vallejo, poet