Nilda Atanasio, a former student of Abimael Guzmán, played a significant role in the ideological penetration and consolidation of the PCP-SL at the National University of Education (UNE) in Lima during the 1970s. Her activities included forming study circles and engaging in open proselytism for the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) …
In 1982, the PCP-SL was still a politically minority force in the UNE, while the United Left bloc constituted the New University project, which involved teachers, authorities and students. In this first moment, the PCP-SL articulated its work in the MOTC (Workers and Classist Workers Movement) of the Carretera Central. …
Starting in 1984, the PCP-SL began to absorb Puka Llaqta and forces with little political presence such as the VRPC (Vanguardia Revolucionaria Proletario Comunista), experiencing exponential growth and gaining control of spaces considered vital. The PCP-SL begins to develop a work of gradual expansion in various faculties, combining popular schools …
Months before an electoral process, there was a police intervention in several universities in Lima, including the UNE. This event marked the beginning of a new cycle of state repression in the universities of the capital, which was already intensifying in the central highlands. The intervention was part of a …
Since 1988, the PCP-SL gained control of the Comité Lucha de Comensales, displacing Patria Roja and what was left of the FEUL. Previously, after the prison massacre in 1986, the PCP-SL began a strong symbolic presence in the UNE, installing a series of murals with themes and slogans alluding to …
In the early morning of April 20, 1989, joint army and police forces again entered the universities of San Marcos and La Cantuta, arresting more than 500 people. During the process that led to the military intervention (1991-2000), the government proceeded to produce a counter-subversive manual, in which San Marcos …
On January 26, 1991, a local television station projected a video showing a political and cultural event held inside the UNE, where it could be seen that, with the participation of Shining Path leaders, university students and students from a school paraded carrying flags of the PCP-SL and singing hymns …
Rosa Pretell, the supervisor of the women's boarding school at the UNE, was assassinated on September 4, 1991. The crime was claimed by the PCP-SL, who accused her of collaborating with the military by providing information about the students. This event highlights the tensions and dangers faced by individuals perceived …
On September 4, 1991, Rosa Pretell, supervisor of the UNE women's boarding school, was murdered. The crime was claimed by the PCP-SL, alleging that Rosa Pretell collaborated by providing information about the inmates to the Army. The students who knew her directly said that she was a snitch and that …
In 1995, Congress passed a law amnesting the military, exonerating them of the multiple human rights violations committed during the internal war. This fact, together with the administrative intervention of the UNE, opened a new period in the process of violence in the university that led to an institutionalized silence. …
On May 25, 1995, Law 26457 came into force, declaring the reorganization of the country's public universities and the dismissal of their authorities. Among the background to the enactment of the law was the existence of a pronouncement that pointed out the alleged resurgence of terrorist activity within the university …
The Reorganization Commission at UNE (COREUNE) ended its functions on November 28, 2000, according to Law No. 27366, when the Transitory Government Committee presided by Rolando Vizarraga and Guillermo Vargas was installed. During the COREUNE period, professors linked to the former Leftist parties were dismissed. Subsequently, COREUNE facilitated, by reducing …