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 July 1991, the Peruvian government declared a state of emergency in the education sector in response to the indefinite strike of SUTEP (Sindicato Unitario de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú) which had been going on since May. The measure was taken in order to avoid jeopardizing the school …
Julio Zevallos Ruiz, production manager of the company Pesa Perú, was murdered in 1990. This assassination was part of a series of actions by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso targeting company officials as a way to resolve labor conflicts. Starting in 1990, this type of assassination of managers and officials became a …
The third national mining strike began on August 14, 1989, in compliance with the mandate of the Second Ordinary National Congress of the FNTMMSP held in June of that year. This mining protest took place in a heavily militarized environment, with repressive measures that included the militarization of the camps …
Fidencio Coronel, former union leader and militant of the Communist Party of Peru, was assassinated near his sister's home on October 18, 1988. The day before, in the assembly of the Metalworkers' Union, he had opposed his union's compliance with the second national mining strike, and in fact, the metalworkers …
On May 18, 1988, for the first time in the history of Peruvian mining unionism, the National Federation of Mining, Metallurgical and Iron and Steel Workers of Peru (FNTMMSP) presented a national list of demands to the State and the employers. This presentation took place after the federation held its …
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 April 1988, a group of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso that was confused among striking workers assassinated the manager of the Hilados S.A. factory. The murder occurred in the context of a labor conflict in the company. Days after the crime, on April 12, El Diario, spokesman of the PCP-SL, pointed …
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 …
Tomás Irigoyen, manager of CITECIL, was murdered on October 1, 1987. The assassination occurred in the context of a strike that had been going on at the factory for a month. This crime was part of a PCP-Sendero Luminoso practice of assassinating officials as a way of resolving labor conflicts. …
On May 19, 1987, the first national strike of this period took place, called by the CGTP (General Confederation of Peruvian Workers), marking the end of the social truce that had characterized the first years of the APRA government. The outstanding feature of this strike was that it coincided with …
The Textile Federation strike was one of the most important strikes in the private sector during the APRA government. It took place in September 1986 in a context of economic reactivation but with wage ceilings that limited benefits for unionized workers. The strike lasted 45 days and mobilized more than …
In February 1986, a strike of Centromín Perú workers was called and lasted until March of that year. This strike took place in a context of union division, when the APRA mining leaders had formed the FETIMMAP in August 1985 to compete with the FNTMMSP. The strike represented a test …
In February 1986, a strike was called by the workers of Centromín Perú which lasted until March of that year. This strike was a test of strength between the APRA mining leaders and the non-APRA sectors of the union. The context was the division of the FNTMMSP and the formation …
In November 1984, a national strike was held in Peru, the last of its kind before the end of the social truce in May 1987. This strike took place in the context of an economic crisis that had severely affected Peruvian industrialists since 1983. The protest measure took place during …
On April 23, 1984, a strike of municipal workers began in Peru. This strike took place in a context of intense social and labor unrest during the government of Fernando Belaunde Terry. The civil construction workers' movement joined other protests and strikes that characterized this period, including strikes in the …
On the night of September 22, 1983, the strike of the Federation of Bank Employees in Peru was resolved. The strike had lasted ten days, during which demonstrations were held. With the resolution of the labor conflict, banking services were resumed throughout the country. This event was framed in a …
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