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.
Beginning in 1993, the mining centers of Huancavelica entered into a privatization process similar to that which occurred in the mining centers of Pasco and Junín. This process resulted in massive layoffs of mine workers, many of them considered arbitrary by those affected. One specific testimony mentions that at Caudalosa …
The Tribunal of Constitutional Guarantees declared partially unconstitutional the government's legislative decree 650. The declaration focused specifically on the part that affected the severance payments of workers of private and public companies. The Court determined that the advance of the severance payment did not have a cancellation effect, contrary to …
On May 30, 1991, the leaders of SUTEP (Sindicato Único de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú), accompanied by three parliamentarians and other union members, marched across Lima's Plaza de Armas towards the Government Palace. The objective of the march was to request an audience with the wife of President …
The World Confederation of Organizations of Professional Teachers (CMOPE) alleges a series of murders, arrests and acts of violence against teachers who were members of the Single Union of Education Workers of Peru (SUTEP) since the beginning of the strike on May 8, 1991. The repression of this strike resulted …
The Executive Branch, within the framework of the democratization of governmental decisions, announces a unionization bill that regulates the right to strike, free unionization and collective bargaining. This bill was presented as part of the structural reforms that the government had been implementing in various sectors. The bill is framed …
The National Federation of Miners, Metallurgists and Steelworkers of Peru (FNTMMSP) filed a complaint with the International Labor Organization on April 5, 1990, denouncing illegal detentions of workers at the Marcavalle barracks. The detained workers were Edgar Bujaico, Martín Mucha Aliaga, Edgar Julián Mauricio, Abdón Acuña Asto, Oscar Pariona Clemente, …
The Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Mineros, Metalúrgicos y Siderúrgicos del Perú (FNTMMSP) filed a complaint with the International Labor Organization (ILO) denouncing actions against freedom of association by the Peruvian State. The complaint alleged the detention of Víctor Taipe Zúñiga, president of the FNTMMSP, on November 20, 1989, who up …
On August 1, 1989, the National Police violently repressed a march of doctors who were on strike over labor demands. The repression was particularly brutal, using pellets to break up the demonstrations. The Medical Federation denounced more than fifty cases of workers who were blinded by the use of pellets …
In February 1986, Law 24514 was enacted, rendering Decree Law 22126 null and void. This law was part of a new cycle of labor conflicts that emerged around 1986, only one year after the reforms proposed by Carlos Blancas were truncated. The context also included the supreme decree that eliminated …
In April 1985, mining leader Demetrio Martínez was assassinated with a bullet to the head. He had proposed on several occasions that the mining company Centromín Perú grant a special bonus and medical benefits to cover the consequences of the chemical reagents used by the workers in the extraction of …
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