The Peoples University of the Americas – PUA – was established in San Juan, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in 1967 AD, by the Holy Orthodox Christian Church, which is the oldest Christian Church of history, founded by St. James on the eve of the Crucifixion. At its inception, PUA opened with two schools: the Faculty of Theology & Canonic Law and the Faculty of Philosophy & Literature. Master and Doctorate courses were available.

The School of American History and the American Government was inaugurated in 1986 AD, offering Bachelor and Master degrees.

The Faculty of Law opened in 1989 in San Juan, also offering Bachelor and Master degrees. The Apostolic School of Natural Medicine opened in 1990 AD in Cayey. In 1998 the Faculty moved to Ponce. 1998 was also the year disaster struck, with hurricane George severely damaging university buildings.

While re-building grants were being sought, the university continued it's research into the power of the subconscious mind, moving it's presence into cyberspace. It has been there ever since.