Complete database of events related to the internal armed conflict in Peru, extracted from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). 5,159 events documented from 1817 to 2003.
On 24 October 1973, the SUTEP (Sindicato Único de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú) organized a national strike in response to the repressive measures of the Peruvian government under General Juan Velasco Alvarado. The strike led to the arrest of over 500 teachers, with 91 being sent to the …
On May 1, 1973, more than 2,000 peasants took to the streets of Andahuaylas demanding the full application of the agrarian reform. This massive mobilization was motivated by the slow and prolonged process of land allocation and adjudication established by Law No. 17716, which exacerbated the peasant population. The protest …
In 1973, a publication emerged from the Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga (UNSCH) that reinterpreted the works of José Carlos Mariátegui, presenting him as a precursor of Maoism and establishing a new orthodoxy. This publication was part of a broader strategy by the Shining Path to use the …
In 1973, the Shining Path (PCP-SL) focused on spreading its ideology through the Peruvian education system. The group exerted influence over the Federation of University Students at the University of Huamanga and participated in a teachers' strike in Ayacucho. This period marked the expansion of PCP-SL as a 'pedagogical project,' …
In 1973, during the III Plenary Session of its Central Committee, Sendero Luminoso (SL) decided to expand beyond its university confines by creating 'organismos generados' or movements generated by the proletariat across various work fronts. These organizations were ideologically aligned with the party, aimed at mass mobilization, and adhered to …
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