In November 1987, the Asamblea Nacional Popular (ANP) was organized in Villa El Salvador by leftist groups including the PUM, PCP Unidad, and UDP. The event aimed to design an alternative democratic regime and proposed a national strike, highlighting the radical positions within the left. The ANP exemplified the left's …
In November 1987, the I Congress of the National Popular Assembly (ANP) was held in the district of Villa El Salvador. The radical sectors of the IU, such as the UNIR, the PUM and the FOCEP, the PCP Unity and the UDP participated. Through delegates who were from the MRTA …
In November 1987, the National Popular Assembly (ANP) was organized with special efforts by the PUM, the PCP Unity and the UDP in Villa El Salvador. This event proposed the design, albeit initial, of an alternative democratic regime. In spite of its large mass presence, it ended up proposing the …
On October 17, 1988, an indefinite national strike of mining and metallurgical workers began in Peru. This strike took place in a context of political violence where the PCP-SL (Shining Path) had been carrying out attacks against mining infrastructure and assassinating union leaders who opposed the stoppages. On the same …
Alejandro Patiño, former leader of the Morococha Mine Workers Union (STMM) and an APRA militant, was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso on October 17, 1988. This assassination took place in the context of important mobilizations and strikes of mining workers demanding the recognition of the single national miners' list proposed …
On September 19, 1989, Fermín Azparrent, mayor of the province of Huamanga (Ayacucho) and former militant of the PCP Unidad, was assassinated by militants of the PCP-SL. This assassination was part of the increase in attacks and assassinations of leftist militants and leaders accused of being revisionists, traitors to the …
Between the end of 1989 and the beginning of 1990 the Popular Revolutionary Bloc (BPR) was formed. One of its main contingents came from a split in the PCP Unidad, headed by Andrés Sosa Chanamé. The BPR shared many of the views of the PUM and UNIR about the current …
In the first days of March 1990, a communiqué appeared, signed by Andres Sosa Chanamé (leader of the Confederation of Peasants of Peru), Juan Pecho Arias (leader of the Mining Federation), Segundo Centurion (leader of the Selva Maestra-San Martin Agrarian Federation), all leaders of the PCP Unity, explaining the reasons …
On March 11, 1990, the BPR announced the candidacies of Yehude Simon for the senate and Lucas Cachay and Moisés Cabrera for the deputy positions in San Martín and Lambayeque, respectively. These candidates were part of the IU's parliamentary list, yet they expressed reservations about participating in the general elections, …
In September 1990, the PUM announced its full autonomy from the IU. This situation brought it into confrontation with the PCP Unity, which was trying to maintain the unity of the IU. In relation to the announcement of the PUM to transform itself into a party suitable for all forms …
The PCP-SL assassinated the professor of the Faculty of Economics, Iván Pérez, leader of the PCP-Unity and advisor to the provincial mayor of Cuzco, Daniel Estrada. This selective assassination is evidence of political violence against leftist leaders not aligned with the PCP-SL.
On July 12, 1991, the PCP-SL assassinated Economics Faculty professor Iván Pérez in the city of Cuzco. Iván Pérez was a leader of the PCP Unity and advisor to the provincial mayor of Cuzco, Daniel Estrada. This assassination was part of a series of violent actions by the PCP-SL against …
Andrés Sosa Chanamé, a former leader of PCP Unidad and ex-member of the MRTA, was assassinated on January 25, 1992, in Villa El Salvador. His assassination followed the killing of another former MRTA member, 'Germán', who was murdered on August 22, 1991. The killings were reportedly sanctioned by MRTA leadership, …