In June 1969, the Military Government issued decree 006, which cut the coverage of free education. This measure generated an important social mobilization of rejection in which the presence of the Association of Small Landowners and organizations linked to the Red Flag party stood out. In Ayacucho the struggle was …
The National University of Education (UNE) is ordered to recess. Hugo Muñoz, husband of Nilda Atanasio, was seconded to the provinces during this period. Both ended up traveling to China. This recess was part of the military government's measures against universities. Upon his return, Atanasio returned to teaching at the …
In 1978 there was a teachers' strike that lasted eighty days. The union demanded a general salary increase of 100% (frozen since 1965), reinstatement of teachers subrogated and transferred in retaliation for their participation in union activities, and legal recognition of SUTEP. The reaction of the State was manifested in …
In 1979, the longest teachers' strike in Peruvian history took place: 118 days. It was motivated by the non-fulfillment of government promises from the previous strike. The government's repressive response implied the recess of several educational centers and the refusal to engage in dialogue with the SUTEP leadership, which was …