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 June 1980, shortly before Fernando Belaúnde Terry assumed the presidency, the outgoing military government of Francisco Morales Bermúdez enacted secret laws concerning the National Defense System. These laws ensured that military institutions retained significant control over defense matters, limiting the power of the incoming civilian government. The laws were …
In 1979, the Peruvian Constitution was amended to grant the military a constitutional mandate to guarantee national security and defense. This elevated the military's role to a supreme state function, equating it with the executive and legislative powers, but without deliberative capacity. This change, a legacy of the military government, …
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