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.
Sympathizers of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) held marches along different stretches of the Central Highway. The demonstration was carried out in protest against the countries that formed the allied block against Iraq in the context of the Gulf War. This action was part of the …
On January 19, 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso called and carried out the first armed strike in Lima, specifically in the area of the Central Highway. This armed strike strategically coincided with the First Congress of the United Left that was being held in Huampaní, with the political objective of competing …
On January 19, 1989, the PCP Shining Path called the first armed strike on the Central Highway. This event was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to intensify its presence in Lima and the industrial zones, seeking to develop the confrontation of the union movement with the forces of law and …
In 1989, the PCP-SL managed to promote the Committee of Struggle of the class-conscious workers of the Central Highway, in coordination with Puka Llaqta and the UNIR-Bolchevique. This allowed it to control the USE of Ate Vitarte. The Carretera Central was an area closely linked to the university, whose infrastructure …
On December 27, 1988, a contingent of forty PCP-SL militants took the town of Huariaca and carried out multiple attacks against public infrastructure. The subversives dynamited the municipal council, the police post leaving one policeman wounded, the ENTEL PERU installations, the health center and the ambulance. They also looted the …
Between September 27 and 29, 1988, a 72-hour strike was held on the Central Highway, which coincided with the beginning of the armed actions of the PCP-SL in that area. This strike marked the beginning of a series of armed strikes that the PCP-SL would organize in Lima in the …
The declarant was detained in September 1988 on the Central Highway in the district of Ate Vitarte, Lima. This case is part of the testimonies documented by the CVR on arbitrary detentions that included sexual violence against women during the internal armed conflict. The detention took place in an important …
On July 21, 1988, a national mining strike was held with the participation of the great majority of the mining workers, who blocked the central highway. During this demonstration there was a confrontation between members of the National Police and a small group of mothers who had joined the strike. …
The Comité de Lucha de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas de la Carretera Central (CLOTCCC) published its founding manifesto in a full-page article in the newspaper El Diario. This committee was formed in May 1988 after a plenary meeting of approximately 100 delegates from various trade union bases from the eastern …
Meeting convened by the Pacification Commission of the Senate of the Republic where Luis Rodríguez-Mariátegui, representative of CONFIEP, spoke about the situation of subversion in the enterprises. He used the case of COPE as an illustrative example, describing how the factory takeover had been previously announced at a plenary meeting …
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso summoned some 100 delegates from various trade union bases from the eastern cone of Lima to participate in the so-called First Plenary of Classist Workers of the Central Highway. At this event, the Comité de Lucha de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas de la carretera Central (CLOTCCC) was …
On April 11, 1988, the industrial community and the unions of workers and employees of the COPE factory formed a united front and took over the factory in response to the employers' refusal to negotiate their demands. The takeover occurred in the context of a labor conflict and the infiltration …
In March 1988, when the COPE union was preparing to discuss its list of demands, a woman murdered the company's industrial relations manager. This murder occurred in the context of a labor dispute at the factory, located on the Central Highway in Lima. Subsequently, in April 1988, the workers led …
In 1982, the PCP-SL was still a politically minority force in the UNE, while the United Left bloc constituted the New University project, which involved teachers, authorities and students. In this first moment, the PCP-SL articulated its work in the MOTC (Workers and Classist Workers Movement) of the Carretera Central. …
In June 1976, the left promoted the formation of the Central Highway Struggle Committee, representative of the unions in the industrial zone. This committee organized mobilizations and a strong strike in solidarity with the workers of the Nylon factory. The action culminated in a violent confrontation with police forces and …
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