In the framework of the announcement of the arrival of the "strategic balance" in 1989, the PCP-SL changed its strategy in Villa El Salvador seeking to dispute the hegemony of the left in the district. Throughout 1989 and 1990, the PCP-SL increased its actions with acts of sabotage and propaganda, …
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 …
Congressman Gerardo Lopez, a member of Cambio 90, was kidnapped by the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) in 1990. The perpetrators described the act as an 'invitation to talk' and to make known the guidelines of the Third Central Committee of the MRTA. This kidnapping was part of the MRTA's …
The Peruvian general elections of 1990 were marked by significant political polarization between the left-wing coalition IU and the right-wing coalition FREDEMO. Despite efforts to unify, the left presented a divided front, leading to a poor electoral performance. Ultimately, Mario Vargas Llosa of FREDEMO and Alberto Fujimori of Cambio 90 …
On April 8, 1990, general elections were held. IU reached 8% and Izquierda Socialista obtained 5% of the vote. FREDEMO came in first place with 33% of the vote followed by Cambio 90 with 29%, while APRA came in third place with 22% of the vote. Mario Vargas Llosa (FREDEMO) …
Presidential candidate Alberto Fujimori Fujimori presents the outlines of his government plan for Cambio 90. The plan is basically aimed at stabilizing the country's economy. To achieve this objective, he proposes to reduce the hyperinflation that was affecting Peru at the time. The proposal includes the promotion of both domestic …
The second round of the presidential elections was held between Alberto Fujimori Fujimori (Cambio 90) and Mario Vargas Llosa (FREDEMO). The official results gave a resounding victory to Fujimori with 62% of the votes against 38% for Vargas Llosa. The victory was promptly recognized by his contender. Prior to the …
The Hurtado Miller cabinet appeared before the National Congress to present the government program of Cambio 90. This cabinet included figures from different political parties, among them the Minister of Education Gloria Helfer Palacios (who resigned from IU to take office), Fernando Sanchez Alvabera in Energy and Mines, and Carlos …
Congressman Gerardo Lopez Quiroz, member of the political group Cambio 90, was kidnapped by the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA). The perpetrators described the kidnapping as an 'invitation to talk' with the objective of making known the guidelines of the III Central Committee of the MRTA. This kidnapping took place …
On 23 September 1990, Gerardo López Quiroz, a deputy and president of the parliamentary team 'Cambio 90', was kidnapped from his home in Villa El Salvador, Lima. The kidnapping was carried out by three members of the MRTA, who posed as messengers from the Secretary General of the Community Autogestionaria …
The congressman and president of the Cambio 90 parliamentary team, Gerardo Lopez Quiroz, was kidnapped at his home in Villa El Salvador by three MRTA members who falsely identified themselves as messengers. He was held at gunpoint with machine guns and forced by blows into a pickup truck. His whereabouts …
The Chamber of Deputies of the Peruvian Congress agreed to declare the constitutional accusation against former president Alan García Pérez for the prison massacre that took place in 1986. This accusation took place in the context of the end of his presidential term and the beginning of Alberto Fujimori's government. …
Congressman Alejandro Victoria Mendoza, a member of the Cambio 90 party, was assassinated in the district of Ate Vitarte, Lima. This crime took place in the context of an escalation of political violence in the Peruvian capital, where both the PCP-SL and the MRTA were intensifying their actions against authorities …
The political party Cambio 90 expelled five militants from its parliamentary group and political grouping: Juana Avellaneda Soto, Irma Bustamante Morales, Gerardo López Quiroz, Mario Soto Godoy and Guillermo Yoshikawa Torres. This expulsion took place in a context of political tensions during the first year of Alberto Fujimori's government. The …
On June 23, 1991, the PCP-SL assassinated Alejandro Magno Gomez, prefect of the district of Villa El Salvador and member of Cambio 90, the ruling party. This was the first act of a campaign to intimidate and eliminate local authorities in the district. After this assassination, local authorities, particularly Mayor …
On June 23, 1991, the PCP-SL assassinated Alejandro Magno Gómez, prefect of the district of Villa El Salvador and member of Cambio 90, the ruling party. This assassination marked the first act of an escalation of violence in the framework of the Shining Path strategy of creating a power vacuum …
On August 18, 1991, the head of the National Civil Defense Institute in Juliaca was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This assassination was part of a series of violent actions perpetrated by the subversive organization in Puno during 1991, which included the assassination of authorities and political leaders. The attack …
On August 18, 1991, the head of the National Civil Defense Institute in Juliaca was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. This assassination was part of a series of selective executions of authorities and public officials that the PCP-SL carried out during that period in the department of Puno. The attack …
On August 30, 1991, journalist and Cambio 90 leader Gustavo Zuñiga was shot and killed by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the city of Juliaca. This assassination took place in the context of an upsurge of subversive violence in Puno during 1991, especially of urban annihilation commandos. The crime was part …
Irene Gonzales Camones, General Secretary of Cambio 90 in the province of Huaura, was assassinated by Shining Path militants in 1992. This assassination was part of a series of selective assassinations by the PCP-SL against political authorities in the coastal provinces. In the same context, the Mayor of the District …
In 1992, Shining Path militants assassinated the Mayor of the District of Huaura, Jesús Morales Bermúdez, along with employee Róger Huerta. This murder was part of a series of selective assassinations perpetrated by the PCP-SL in the coastal provinces since 1992, the year of Abimael Guzmán's capture. The Shining Path's …
The impeached Parliament, in accordance with constitutional legality, declared the presidential vacancy due to moral incapacity. The pronouncement issued by parliamentarians from different political sectors -including Cambio 90- called on the elected senator and first vice-president Máximo San Román to assume the Presidency of the Nation. Shortly, San Roman was …
On May 24, 1993, constituents of former President Alberto Fujimori's political party Cambio 90 prevented members of the Colina detachment from being questioned by the Congressional Investigation Commission. This obstruction was part of a systematic strategy to cover up the Colina detachment's crimes, which included political intervention in various state …
On June 14, 1995, the Democratic Constituent Congress, with the votes of the ruling majority of the 'Cambio 90' party, approved Law 26479, a broad and general amnesty for military and police officers implicated in human rights violations since May 1980. The law established that all facts derived from the …
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