 Haya took refuge in the Colombian embassy in Lima where he requested political asylum for sixty-three months since the Odría administration refused to grant the safe-conduct to leave the country, a situation that became an important reference case in international law.In 1954, Haya was authorized to leave Peru thanks to international pressure - he was friends with various figures, such as Albert Einstein -, and published an article in Life magazine where he began to outline the "democratic anti-imperialism without empire".According to some historians, Haya abandoned its original ideology and made a conservative turn with "Thirty Years of Aprismo", a reflective work where Haya analyzed the APRA's position and amended its program.