First great historical moment of the Andean South characterized by the expansion of the commercial houses of the city of Arequipa and the haciendas of Cuzco and Puno. This period was based on the extensive exploitation of pastures, cattle and shepherds in the interior of the region. It represented a …
At the beginning of the 20th century, a series of revolts took place in Cuzco and Puno, with the Azángaro revolts being particularly significant. These revolts were part of a period characterized by the expansion of the commercial houses of Arequipa and the haciendas of Cuzco and Puno, whose base …
The uprising of Major Teodomiro Gutiérrez Cuevas, who adopted the name of Rumi Maqui, was the most famous peasant mobilization of the early 20th century in the southern Andes. He took up arms in the province of Azángaro in 1915, in the context of a series of revolts that took …
At the beginning of the 20th century, a series of peasant revolts took place in Cuzco and Puno. Among these revolts were those of Canas and Espinar that occurred in 1921, 1923 and 1930. These mobilizations were part of a period characterized by the expansion of the commercial houses of …
At the beginning of the 20th century, a series of peasant revolts took place in Cuzco and Puno. Among these mobilizations was the revolt of Ccapna and Lauramarca that took place between 1925 and 1927. This uprising was part of a broader cycle of peasant protests that also included the …
The Anta revolt in 1930 was part of a series of peasant uprisings that occurred in Cuzco and Puno at the beginning of the 20th century. This period, between 1885 and 1930, was characterized by the expansion of the commercial houses of Arequipa and the haciendas of Cuzco and Puno, …
The second great historical moment of the Andean South was characterized by attempts at capitalist modernization based on the introduction of technical improvements and the proletarianization of the peasants. This period is framed between two historical moments: after the expansion of the commercial houses of Arequipa and the haciendas of …
The "great drought" of 1956-1961 in the Puna highlands generated significant emigration to urban areas such as Arequipa. Between the mid-1950s and the mid-1960s, the percentage of Puno residents in the slums of Arequipa increased from 12.9% to 39.08%, reaching 41.41% in 1971. The population of the city of Puno …
In 1960, under the influence of the Cuban revolution, the FER (Frente Estudiantil Revolucionario) was founded at the San Antonio Abad del Cuzco University. The FER brought together a large number of students from Puno and obtained its first electoral victory in 1962. This student organization dominated the student federation …
In 1961, the Universidad Técnica del Altiplano (UTA) was established in Puno, Peru, to provide local higher education opportunities and compete with universities in Cuzco and Arequipa. The university was later renamed Universidad Nacional Técnica del Altiplano in 1972. This institution played a significant role in the educational and social …
In 1961, the Universidad Técnica del Altiplano (UTA) was created in Puno in response to the desire of the Puno population to have its own university that could compete with the universities of Cuzco and Arequipa, where most young people migrated to pursue higher education. This desire for autonomy and …
In December 1961, the Corporación de Fomento y Promoción Social y Económica de Puno (CORPUNO) was created, a body with administrative autonomy that until 1972 organized and planned development investments in the department. The creation of CORPUNO took place in a context of droughts and floods that affected the altiplano …
In 1963, the Caracoto cement factory was founded, an event that marked an important milestone in the industrial development of the department of Puno. This factory made Juliaca the only center producing a raw material essential for the department's development. The founding of this factory was part of a broader …
The Agrarian Reform in Puno, initiated under the reformist military regime in 1968, led to the creation of cooperative agricultural enterprises. These included the Cooperativa Agraria de Producción, Empresa Rural de Propiedad Social (ERPS), and Sociedad Agrícola de Interés Social (SAIS), which centralized the management of productive lands. The reform …
The Constituent Assembly elections of June 4, 1978 were won by the APRA. In these elections, Hugo Blanco obtained a little more than half a million votes, becoming one of the most voted candidates thanks to the support of the peasantry of Cuzco. In Puno, Róger Cáceres, representative of the …
The Departmental Federation of Peasants of Puno (FDCP) was founded on December 17, 1978 in San Juan de Salinas, province of Azángaro. This organization assumed the responsibility of leading the process of 'democratic restructuring' of land in the department of Puno. The FDCP emerged in a context of frustration among …
In 1980, as the PCP-SL began its armed struggle, the media landscape in regions like Puno was underdeveloped, with limited access to newspapers and radio stations. Radio Onda Azul played a crucial role in connecting with rural communities and promoting human rights, despite facing pressures and challenges. The lack of …
The general elections of May 1980 marked the return to democracy in Peru after the military government. Acción Popular (AP) obtained a clear victory, surpassing by far the required 36%. In the Andean South, AP won a majority in the departments of Apurimac, Cuzco and Madre de Dios, except in …
On October 23, 1980, the PCP-SL carried out an attack using dynamite in the border town of Desaguadero, province of Chucuito. This was one of the first military actions of the PCP-SL in the department of Puno. The attack included the use of dynamite and robbery on the rails of …
On October 23, the PCP-SL carries out a bomb attack in the border town of Desaguadero, province of Chucuito, department of Puno. This attack is part of the expansion of the activities of the PCP-SL to other regions of the country beyond Ayacucho.
On December 6, 1980, there was an assault on the warehouse of the Ministry of Transportation in the city of Puno. This event was one of the first violent actions registered in the department of Puno during the beginning of the internal armed conflict. The assault occurred in the context …
In 1981, the Peruvian Communist Party - Shining Path (PCP-SL) attacked the Instituto de Educación Rural Palermo in Juli, a region in the department of Puno, Peru. This event marked a surprising escalation of violence by the leftist organization, which was initially met with incredulity. The incident prompted a response …
The 1981 census recorded the population of three departments in the southern Peruvian Andes: Apurímac with 323,346 inhabitants, Cuzco with 716,369 inhabitants and Puno with 701,026 inhabitants. This census served as a baseline to measure population growth until the next census in 1993. The data revealed that Apurimac was considered …
In 1981, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out dynamite attacks against the Bishopric of Juli in the province of Chucuito, Aymara zone of the department of Puno. The attacks were specifically directed against the IER Palermo and the Bishopric itself. These attacks were part of the initial actions of the PCP-SL …
Between 1981 and 1992, Radio Onda Azul experienced one of its best periods, with a team of communicators that remained stable for 12 years. The radio played an important role in the information and analysis of events related to political violence in the region. Director Raúl Rodríguez coordinated with teams …
On January 15, 1981, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the house of Izquierda Unida (IU) mayor Jaime Ardiles in the city of Puno. This attack was part of the first violent actions of the PCP-SL in the department of Puno, which were characterized by dynamite attacks against institutions and representatives of …
On January 15, 1981, the house of the mayor of Izquierda Unida (IU) Jaime Ardiles Franco was attacked in the city of Puno. This attack was part of the first actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the department of Puno. Eleven days later, on January 26, the Superior Court of …
On January 26, 1981, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Superior Court of Justice of Puno. This attack was part of a series of initial violent actions by the subversive group in the department of Puno. The attack occurred a few days after they attacked the house of IU Mayor Jaime …
On January 26, 1981, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Superior Court of Justice of Puno. This attack was part of the first violent actions of the subversive group in the department of Puno, which were characterized by dynamite attacks against institutions and representatives of the State. The attack on the …
Edmundo Cox Beuzeville, a mathematics teacher who had come from the district of San Anton in Azángaro, Puno, was denounced and later captured by the police in 1981. He was accused of 27 attacks in the city of Sicuani and the province of Canchis, including an attack on the Communal …
On August 15, 1981, about 40 masked hikers ransacked the Palermo farm, where the Institute of Rural Education (IER) operated, located five kilometers from the town of Juli. This was one of the first public military actions of the PCP-SL in the province of Chucuito, Puno. The attack was part …
The PCP-SL attacked a Civil Guard patrol boat in the locality of Ayaviri, province of Melgar, department of Puno. This attack is part of the first armed actions of the PCP-SL in the department of Puno during 1981. The event is inscribed in the context of the initial phase of …
On Saturday, September 19, 1981, dynamite firecrackers exploded at the main gate of the Bishopric of the Prelature of Juli. This attack occurred approximately one month after about 40 masked hikers ransacked the Palermo farm, where the Institute of Rural Education (IER) was located, five kilometers from the town of …
The text of the CVR report mentions the Juliaca Command in the department of Puno during 1982. This reference appears in the context of a list of places where events related to human rights violations occurred during the internal armed conflict. However, the document does not provide specific details about …
In August 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out attacks against institutions linked to the Catholic Church in the city of Puno. The targets were the Superior Court of Justice of Puno and the antenna of Onda Azul radio station, both belonging to the Catholic Church. This attack was part of …
In August 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso carried out an attack against the antenna of Onda Azul radio station, belonging to the Bishopric of Puno. This attack was part of a series of violent actions directed against Catholic Church institutions in the department of Puno. In the same month there was …
In August 1982, the PCP-SL carried out an attack against the Superior Court of Justice of Puno and the antenna of Onda Azul radio station, which belonged to the Catholic Church. Radio Onda Azul, created in 1958 and owned by the Diocese of Puno, actively contributed to generate a civic …
On August 18, 1982, a column of the Shining Path (PCP-SL) attacked the Guardia Civil station in the district of Umachiri, located in the province of Melgar, Puno. This event marked the beginning of the Shining Path's insurgency in the Puno region, as they sought to establish control and influence …
On August 18, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso simultaneously attacked the Civil Guard posts of Orurillo and Umachiri, located in the province of Melgar, department of Puno. This attack was part of the initial actions of the Shining Path in the department of Puno during the period 1980-1983. The attack on …
On August 18, 1982, a column of the PCP-SL burst into the Quechua zone of the department of Puno, attacking the Civil Guard station in the district of Umachiri, province of Melgar. This attack represents one of the first significant military actions of the PCP-SL in the Puno region, marking …
On August 18, 1982, members of the PCP-SL simultaneously attacked the Civil Guard posts of Orurillo and Umachiri, in the province of Melgar, department of Puno. The confrontations lasted for five hours. As a result of these attacks, seven policemen were killed. After the attack, the Minister of the Interior, …
On August 18, 1982, members of the PCP-SL attacked the Civil Guard posts of Orurillo and Umachiri, in the province of Melgar, Puno. After five hours of confrontations, seven policemen were killed on August 22. After the attack, the Minister of Interior, General FAP (r) Jose Gagliardi Schiaffino, and the …
On August 24, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the ERPS (Empresa Rural de Propiedad Social) Oxani, which belonged to the SAIS Sollocota, located in the province of Azángaro, department of Puno. This attack was part of the initial actions of the PCP-SL in the department of Puno during the period …
On August 24, 1982, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the Oxani Social Property Rural Enterprise (ERPS), which belonged to the Sollocota Social Interest Agricultural Society (SAIS), located in the province of Azángaro. This attack was part of the Shining Path's strategy to destroy the associative companies created by the agrarian reform, …
Juan Vilca Cutipa, lieutenant governor of Tiramaza in the province of Azángaro, was assassinated on September 9, 1982. This assassination occurred in the context of a series of attacks perpetrated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the Puno region. On the same day of Vilca Cutipa's assassination, attacks were also registered …
In Puno, the organization of women began during the 1983 drought with support from the Church. Despite being in a region where violence was less intense, there was distrust towards the military. Women like Manuela Copa Condori, who was involved in the Partido Unificado Mariateguista, faced threats and anonymous letters, …
According to Rénique's study (1991), Shining Path incursions in Puno increased progressively: from 15 attacks in 1983 to 22 in 1984, 33 in 1985, 83 in 1986 (with 32 victims), 35 in 1987 (after being decimated in Cututuni), 77 in 1988 and 97 in 1989. The main targets were the …
On March 13, 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the premises of Cooperación Popular in the city of Puno. This attack was part of a series of initial actions by the subversive group in the department of Puno during the first years of the internal armed conflict. The targets of the …
On April 23, 1983, members of the PCP-SL committed an attack against the headquarters of the Acción Popular party in the city of Puno. This attack was part of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL against political and governmental infrastructure during the month of April 1983. The attack …
On April 23, 1983, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso attacked the premises of the Acción Popular party in the city of Puno. This attack was part of a series of actions directed against public and local institutions of the ruling party during the first years of the internal armed conflict in the …
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