In the 1972 Congress, held in Cuzco, it was agreed to change the name of the former FENEP to SUTEP and to abandon the old division based on educational levels. The unification of the teachers' union met with some opposition, especially from the PAP. The PCP Patria Roja allied with …
On Sunday, June 18, elections were held to initiate the political chronogram for the transfer of power from the Armed Forces to the civilian population. The leftist groups obtained a total of 30% of the valid votes; the PAP, 35%; and the PPC, 26%. The Christian Democracy and the National …
On June 18, 1978, elections were held in Peru as part of the political transition from military to civilian rule. The elections marked the beginning of a political schedule for the transfer of power from the Armed Forces to civilian authorities. Left-wing groups received 30% of the valid votes, while …
On July 22, the Constituent Assembly was installed. Previously, on July 18, the preparatory board had been installed, presided by Victor Raul Haya de la Torre of the PAP and completed by Ernesto Alayza Grundy of the PPC and Alan Garcia Perez of the PAP. This assembly marked an important …
Social mobilizations against the increase in fuel and fares continue. In the Constituent Assembly, both the PAP and the PPC blame political agitators for promoting such disturbances. Police repression causes the death of three high school students in Lima and Ayacucho during protests against price increases.
On May 18, with the participation of 6,382,002 voters, the General Elections were held. Fernando Belaunde Terry of Acción Popular won with 46% of the presidential votes, followed by Armando Villanueva del Campo of the PAP with 28% and Luis Bedoya Reyes of the PPC with 10%. The leftist blocs …
On March 10, the government promulgated a special law, Legislative Decree 046, which typifies the crime of terrorism. The PAP and the left expressed their concern for the scope and dangers that this law could have for the exercise of freedom of expression, press and association. This law was very …
In March 1983, the Report of the Special Commission that investigated the events of Uchuraccay was presented. This commission had been appointed on February 3, 1983 to investigate the massacre of eight journalists that occurred on January 26, 1983 in the peasant community of Uchuraccay, province of Huanta, Ayacucho. The …
Amnesty International (AI) sent letters to President Fernando Belaúnde Terry pointing out that human rights violations and excesses were being committed in the anti-subversive struggle. The president rejected the letters on August 18, 1983, calling the institution 'communist' and declaring that the letters would go 'directly to the trash can'. …
On August 13, 1983, Alfonso Grados Bertorini accepted to run for mayor of Lima for the Acción Popular (AP) party. Grados Bertorini had previously resigned as Minister of Labor on June 27, 1983. His candidacy was in the context of the municipal elections to be held in November of that …
The Minister of Fisheries, Fortunato Quesada Lagarrigue, appeared in the Chamber of Deputies to answer the interpellation presented by the aprista parliamentary cell. This interpellation took place in the context of the approaching municipal elections and was part of the parliamentary activities of supervision of Fernando Belaunde Terry's government. The …
On October 28 and 31, 1983, debates were held between the four main candidates for mayor of Lima. The participants were Amiel of the PPC, Barnechea of the PAP, Barrantes of the IU and Grados of the AP. These debates were widely covered by the media. The event was held …
On November 13, 1983, municipal elections were held throughout the country. These elections took place in a context of intense political violence and terrorist attacks by the PCP-SL. In Lima, the United Left (IU) coalition was the winner. The main candidates for mayor of Lima were Amiel of the PPC, …
In 1984, the labor organization in the mining sector of Peru achieved a significant milestone by unifying its bases with the incorporation of steelworkers into its federation. This led to the creation of the Federation of Mining, Metallurgical, and Steel Workers of Peru (FNTMMSP), which represented around 65,000 workers across …
On February 26, 1984, former Minister of Economy Manuel Ulloas Elías publicly accepted his presidential pre-candidacy. In accepting the nomination, Ulloas Elías committed himself to hold a polemic with the general secretary of Acción Popular (AP), Javier Alva Orlandini. This announcement took place in the context of the preparations for …
The mayor of Tingo Maria, Tito Jaime Fernandez, was assassinated on April 19, 1984 by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This assassination occurred between two assaults on the town of Aucayacu, where the PCP-SL had attacked the police post with a death toll of twenty. The assassination of the mayor was part …
In 1985, the PAP achieved a significant electoral victory in Puno, obtaining 53% of the departmental vote and securing a majority in 7 out of 10 provinces. This marked the highest electoral success for the PAP in Puno's history. The victory was attributed to the absorption of votes from other …
At the end of the AP government, citizen security in Peru reached a critical point due to police involvement in drug trafficking and kidnapping crimes. In response, the PAP government announced a reorganization of the police, which included the dismissal of numerous officers and the improvement of operational equipment. This …
Agustín Haya, in the context of the 1985 election campaigns, publicly declared that in the event that Izquierda Unida (IU) came to power, an amnesty would be decreed for political prisoners. This statement came at a time of intense political debate over the treatment of those accused of terrorism. The …
The General Elections were held in Peru in the midst of the terrorist actions of the PCP-SL and the MRTA. The date of April 14 had been formally chosen in 1984, causing discrepancies on the part of the PAP. Alan Garcia Perez of the PAP obtained 45.5% of the votes, …
Luis Aguilar Cajahuamán, an aprista deputy elected for Pasco and mayor, was assassinated on May 8, 1985. The crime occurred in a context of generalized political violence during the 1985 electoral period, when various political actors and local authorities were the target of attacks. Aguilar Cajahuamán had been elected as …
Javier Diez Canseco Cisneros told Expreso that a general amnesty for political prisoners and for all those accused of terrorism is one of the fundamental steps to be taken by the next government if it is its sincere desire to put an end to the climate of violence. This statement …
Alan García assumed the presidency of Peru on 28 July 1985, following the April elections where the PAP secured the first place but did not win outright in the first round. The second round was not held due to the withdrawal of the opposing candidate from the Izquierda Unida. In …
On August 17, 1985, APRA mining leaders split the FNTMMSP (Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Mineros, Metalúrgicos y Siderúrgicos del Perú) and formed the FETIMMAP (Federación de Trabajadores de la Industria Minera, Metalúrgica y Afines del Perú). This split occurred after the PAP candidate won the presidential elections in 1985, and …
Congressman Javier Diez Canseco Cisneros presented a political amnesty bill before Congress. This proposal was part of a broader debate on amnesty for political prisoners and those accused of terrorism that had been raised by various political sectors, including majority sectors of the PAP and the United Left. The bill …
Alfonso Barrantes Lingán, candidate of Izquierda Unida (IU) and mayor of Lima, made public statements indicating that there were no political prisoners in Peru. This statement was made in the context of a national debate on a possible amnesty for those accused of terrorism, a proposal that had been supported …
On December 23, 1985, the Peruvian government officially recognized FETIMMAP (Federation of Workers of the Mining, Metallurgical and Allied Industries of Peru). This federation had been formed on August 17, 1985 by mining union leaders close to the Partido Aprista Peruano (PAP), who split the FNTMMSP (Federación Nacional de Trabajadores …
In 1986, the Peruvian government, led by the PAP, violently repressed riots in three prisons in Lima. This decision, criticized by the CVR, resulted in a high number of deaths and indications of extrajudicial executions. The incident marked a turning point in the government's approach to handling subversion and human …
In 1986, during the presidency of Alan García Pérez, a significant event known as the 'Matanza de los Penales' occurred, marking a turning point in the relationship between the executive power and the military high command in Peru. This event involved the killing of inmates in various prisons, highlighting the …
In May 1986, the PCP-SL began an offensive in the department of Puno that started on May 5 with an attack against the Secretary General of the PAP in Ayaviri. During this offensive, the subversive group burned the Cayacayani farm, belonging to SAIS San José, and also set fire to …
During a period of intense political violence that coincided with prison riots in Lima and Callao, twenty peasants were murdered in the province of La Convención, Cuzco. This event occurred between June 22 and 28, 1986, in the context of an escalation of subversive violence in the country. The event …
On June 25, 1986, there was a terrorist attack on a train car on its way to Machu Picchu. The attack resulted in the death of 8 passengers and left forty people injured. This attack occurred in a context of intense political violence in Peru, during the same month as …
Municipal elections were held in Puno. The PAP obtained 53% of the departmental vote, the highest vote obtained by the APRA in Puno in its entire electoral history. The party absorbed the AP and FNTC votes, obtaining a majority in 7 of the 10 highland provinces and massive control of …
On November 9, municipal elections were held throughout the country. President Alan Garcia Perez described the IU as the 'second majority'. The official results in Lima were: Jorge del Castillo Gálvez (PAP) obtained 37.6%, Alfonso Barrantes Lingán (IU) obtained 34.8%, and Luis Bedoya Reyes (PPC) obtained 26.9%. However, the official …
On November 9, 1986, municipal elections were held in which the IU participated with Alfonso Barrantes as candidate for reelection as Mayor of Lima. Jorge del Castillo, candidate of the PAP, carried out an intense electoral campaign which, with the evident support of the President, allowed him to win by …
The municipal elections in Peru took place on November 9, 1986, under the presidency of Alan García Pérez. The elections were marked by political tension, including a curfew and protests. Jorge del Castillo Gálvez, representing the PAP, claimed a narrow victory in Lima, but the official proclamation of results was …
In his message to the country and before Congress on the occasion of the national anniversary, President Alan García Pérez proposed nationalizing the banking system. This proposal generated great political controversy and mobilizations both for and against it. In August, the president insisted on his project to nationalize the banks …
In July 1987, during his message to the country and before Congress on the occasion of the national anniversary, President Alan Garcia Perez proposed nationalizing the banking system. In August, Garcia insisted on his project to nationalize the banks during a rally called by the PAP. After 23 hours of …
A month after Rodrigo Franco's assassination, in August 1987, another APRA leader, Nelson Pozo, national undersecretary of organization of the PAP, was killed by the Shining Path as part of the campaign of selective annihilations against APRA cadres.
The CVR identified significant political responsibility of the PAP government in the cover-up of the Cayara massacre, which occurred in May 1988. A Senate commission led by PAP member Carlos Enrique Melgar concluded that the massacre did not happen, despite contrary evidence from a minority of the commission and a …
On October 17, 1988, the day the national mining strike called by the Federation of Miners, Metallurgists and Steelworkers of Peru (FNTMMSP) began, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated Alejandro Patiño, former leader of the Morococha union. Patiño was an aprista (member of the PAP, the ruling party at the time) and …
President Alan Garcia Perez and Luis Alva Castro, secretary general of the PAP, met to discuss the relations that should exist between the government and the APRA party. This meeting took place in a context of political tension, just three weeks after Alva Castro was elected as the new secretary …
Students Héctor Pérez Morales (Zootechnics), Alcides Velásquez Castellares (Zootechnics) and Juan Vitor Rivera (Economics), militants of the PAP, were captured inside the university in the afternoon of April 27. The following day they were found dead with marks of torture. Over their corpses they placed the sign 'This is how …
On October 10, 1989, the deadline for the registration of candidates for the presidential elections in Peru was October 10, 1989. A total of ten presidential candidates were registered. Among the most prominent candidates were Mario Vargas Llosa for FREDEMO, Luis Alva Castro for PAP, Henry Pease García-Yrigoyen for IU …
Ricardo Belmont Casinelli was officially proclaimed mayor of Lima by the National Jury of Elections (JNE) on November 29, 1989. Belmont, independent candidate of the Obras group, obtained 45.14% of the votes in the municipal elections. His victory was resounding, far surpassing the second place candidate, Juan Inchaústegui of FREDEMO, …
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