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.
In 1988, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) replaced the resigned authorities in Tulumayo with Popular Committees. These committees were composed of five commissars, including a Commissar Secretary who was sometimes a local villager due to a shortage of militants. The PCP-SL incursions did not encounter significant …
In 1983, the Shining Path agreed to the Great Plan to Conquer Bases, which included the creation of Popular Committees. These committees replaced local authorities with Shining Path commissars and were part of a strategy to establish the People's Republic of New Democracy. The committees' clandestine structures sought to protect …
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