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.
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The political parties and movements that governed the country between 1980 and 2000 are today reluctant to accept their responsibilities in the development of the internal conflict that devastated the …
The memory and conscience of Peruvians demand the clarification of extrajudicial executions, disappearances, and other human rights violations perpetrated during the governments of Fernando Belaúnde Terry (1980-1985), Alan García Pérez …
The document discusses the recent Supreme Court decision to have Lt. Commander Artaza stand trial in a civilian court for the 1984 disappearance of journalist Jaime Ayala, Artaza's subsequent disappearance, …
Clandestine mass graves are discovered 36 kilometers from the city of Huanta. This cable estimates that approximately 49 to 50 males and one woman were killed in a methodical manner …
Peruvian President Fernando Belaúnde Terry called general elections for April 14, 1985, and turned to the armed forces in response to the bloody offensive by the Maoist terrorist organization Sendero …
President Belaunde visits the city of Ayacucho in an attempt to demonstrate a united civilian and military approach against terrorism and the economic crisis. The document notes that opposition leaders …
A work in which the author analyzes the main political and economic events related to the birth of the Partido Comunista-Sendero Luminoso, covering the period from 1965 to 1982.
Translation of the work titled Maoism in the Andes: Sendero Luminoso and the contemporary guerrilla movement in Peru, in which the author analyzes the main political and economic events related …
An independent commission publishes its findings on the murder of eight journalists. Nearly four months after the murder of eight Peruvian journalists in the Andean department of Ayacucho, where the …
President Belaunde visits the city of Ayacucho, in a move to demonstrate a united civil-military approach to terrorism and economic decay. The document notes that opposition figures and the press …
This cable analyzes the consequences of President Belaunde's decision to place the army in charge of maintaining public order in the emergency zones. The military have introduced a growing number …
Twenty-six people died, according to the first official count, in clashes last Sunday morning between guerrillas and police in the district of Vilcashuaman, province of Cangallo, department of Ayacucho. The …