On May 21, 1950, an earthquake measuring 7 on the Mercalli scale destroyed the city of Cuzco. As a result of the earthquake and the reconstruction effort, the State poured significant resources into the city and the region, creating in 1952 the Junta de Reconstrucción y Fomento Industrial del Cuzco, …
In 1965, the Machu Picchu Hydroelectric Plant and the Cachimayo Fertilizer Factory were built as part of the urban modernization process of the city of Cuzco. These works were the result of the reconstructive action of the State after the 1950 earthquake that destroyed the city. The construction of these …
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 …
On June 27, 1986, there were simultaneous attacks against eleven bank branches and three premises of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP) in Lima. These attacks occurred in a context of high political tension, a few days after the serious events in the prisons of Lima and Callao (June 18-19), where …