The Confederación Campesina del Perú (CCP) led an important peasant mobilization in the department of Piura between 1973 and 1975, headed by Andrés Luna Vargas. This mobilization was one of the two most important of the 1973-1975 period, aimed at the adjudication of land to peasant communities. The strategy used …
In 1974, the National Agrarian Confederation (CNA) was founded, an organization dedicated to the organization of agrarian leagues in the context of the agrarian reform implemented during the military government of Juan Velasco Alvarado. The CNA competed with the leftist organizations that reactivated the Peasant Confederation of Peru under the …
Between July and September 1974, massive land seizures took place in the province of Andahuaylas, where agrarian reform had not advanced significantly. The mobilization was led by leaders Lino Quintanilla and Julio César Mezzich, under the leadership of the Confederación Campesina del Perú (CCP). The seizures resulted in thousands of …
During the V Congress of the Peasant Confederation of Peru held in Cuzco in May 1980, Lino Quintanilla and Julio Cesar Mezich, members of Vanguardia Revolucionaria-PC, led a radical faction advocating for armed struggle. However, the majority of the attendees and their political representatives reaffirmed their commitment to electoral participation, …
On July 2, 1987, Constantino Saavedra, a member of the Peruvian Peasant Confederation and leader of the Departmental Agrarian Federation of Ayacucho, was arrested in the province of Huamanga. He was tortured by members of the Civil Guard and later released. His detention exemplifies how participation in marches, union protests …
The VII National Congress of the Peruvian Peasant Confederation (CCP) began. This event took place in the context of a year marked by intense political violence and social mobilizations in the country. The congress took place in the midst of multiple strikes and protests in the agrarian sector, including strikes …
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