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.
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso called a second armed strike through the Popular Revolutionary Democratic Movement (MRDP) on September 27, 28 and 29, 1988, with the specific objective of boycotting the municipal elections scheduled for that month. This armed strike was part of an ascending sequence of actions that the PCP-SL implemented …
In May 1980, presidential elections were held in Peru, marking the return to democracy after the military regime (1968-1980). On the eve of these elections, the PCP-SL broke into Chuschi, Cangallo, Ayacucho, assaulting the electoral registry office, an event that was barely mentioned by the Ayacucho and national press. The …
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