The U.S. government suspended military aid to Peru at the request of Senator Edward Kennedy. The temporary suspension of military aid credits was demanded in response to allegations of human rights violations attributed to Peruvian military personnel. This measure took place in a context of growing international concern about the …
The country's military chiefs met with representatives of human rights organizations. The objective of the meeting was to deploy joint efforts to prevent the situation of violence from worsening in the country. This meeting took place in a tense context, after a 104-day teachers' strike that ended on August 23. …
President Alberto Fujimori gave a speech in September 1991 describing human rights organizations as "useful fools" of the subversion. Days later, on Navy Day (September 24), the President spoke of the new anti-subversive policy and severely questioned "the terrorists [sic] infiltrated in pseudo humanitarian and human rights organizations". This speech …
The U.S. Congress lifts the suspension of military and economic aid to Peru related to the fight against drugs. This aid had previously been suspended at the request of Senator Edward Kennedy, who demanded the temporary suspension of military aid appropriations due to allegations of human rights violations attributed to …
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