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.
Presidential candidate Alberto Fujimori Fujimori presents the outlines of his government plan for Cambio 90. The plan is basically aimed at stabilizing the country's economy. To achieve this objective, he proposes to reduce the hyperinflation that was affecting Peru at the time. The proposal includes the promotion of both domestic …
Monsignor Augusto Vargas Alzamora paid a visit to the FREDEMO presidential candidate, Mario Vargas Llosa, as a gesture of support during the electoral campaign. This visit took place in the context of the presidential elections to be held on April 8, 1990. The document also mentions that the National Evangelical …
The presidential candidate of Izquierda Unida (IU), Henry Pease García-Yrigoyen, together with the head of the government plan, Javier Iguiñiz, presented the general outlines of the IU government plan for the period 1990-1995. This presentation took place within the framework of the electoral campaign for the general elections to be …
FREDEMO's campaign manager, Frederick Cooper Llosa, announced that as from March 12, FREDEMO's candidates to Congress would reduce the frequency of their television spots. This decision was taken in response to the exaggerated electoral publicity campaign that the candidates of such political grouping had been carrying out. The measure was …
Presidential candidate Henry Pease García-Yrigoyen of Izquierda Unida (IU) was walking through downtown Lima when he was wounded by a member of the Peruvian National Police (PNP) with lead shot. The attack occurred in the middle of the electoral campaign for the 1990 general elections, in a context of intense …
Mario Vargas Llosa, FREDEMO's presidential candidate, publicly raised the possibility of initiating a residency trial against President Alan Garcia Perez once his presidential term was over. This proposal is framed in the context of the 1989-1990 electoral campaign and reflects the opposition's criticism of the Aprista government's administration. Residency trial …
On October 10, 1989, Felipe Vergara Avila, provincial mayor of Cajatambo in the department of Lima, was assassinated. This crime took place in the context of a municipal election campaign marred by the assassinations of mayors and mayoral candidates in different parts of the country. The assassination was part of …
Arminda Gutierres Trelles, provincial aprista mayor of Churcampa in the department of Huancavelica, was assassinated on October 9, 1989. This assassination occurred in the context of a municipal election campaign marred by the murders of mayors and mayoral candidates in different parts of the country. The crime was part of …
The presidential ticket of FREDEMO (Frente Democrático) for the general elections was proclaimed in Arequipa. The formula was integrated by Mario Vargas Llosa as presidential candidate, Eduardo Orrego Villacorta of Acción Popular (AP) as first vice-president, and Ernesto Alayza Grundy of Partido Popular Cristiano (PPC) as second vice-president. This event …
During the municipal election campaign at the end of 1986, a candidate for mayor was assassinated in the town of Pumahuasi. In addition to this political assassination, 11 villagers were murdered in circumstances that testimonies do not clarify who the perpetrators were. One of the victims, Oswaldo Ruíz de la …
Agustín Haya de la Torre made public statements on the position of Izquierda Unida (IU) regarding a possible amnesty for political prisoners. According to his statements, if the IU came to power, an amnesty for political prisoners would be decreed. This statement was made in the context of the electoral …
Agustín Haya, in the context of the 1985 election campaigns, publicly declared that in the event that Izquierda Unida (IU) came to power, an amnesty would be decreed for political prisoners. This statement came at a time of intense political debate over the treatment of those accused of terrorism. The …
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