After the 1965 guerrilla war, there was a significant change in access to education for community members, facilitated by the destruction of the hacienda system. Prior to this event, hacienda owners did not favor the education of their workers' children, which perpetuated ignorance between generations. The event also highlights the …
On June 24, 1983, during the celebration of Corpus Christi, the PCP-SL took advantage of the celebration to attack Huancasancos. On the eve, an unspecified number of subversives violently entered the houses of the carguyuq, threw those present to the ground, beat them and stabbed them. Another group broke into …
Approximately 500 community members from the Soras, San Pedro de Larcay and Paico districts, including men and women, organized a counter-offensive against PCP-SL members in the Soras area, reaching as far as Querobamba and Chipao. This action was a response to the Shining Path attacks that had caused more than …
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