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.
Between the 1950s and 1960s, the Puna altiplano experienced a particularly strong combination of droughts and floods. Floods occurred in 1960, 1962 and 1963, alternating with droughts in 1955-56, 1957 and 1964. These natural disasters generated significant emigration to urban areas such as Arequipa. In December 1961, the Corporación de …
Between the 1950s and 1960s, the Puna highlands experienced a particularly strong combination of droughts and floods. The 1960 floods were part of a cycle of natural disasters that included the droughts of 1955-56, 1957 and 1964, and the floods of 1960, 1962 and 1963. These extreme weather events generated …
The "great drought" of 1956-1961 in the Puna highlands generated significant emigration to urban areas such as Arequipa. Between the mid-1950s and the mid-1960s, the percentage of Puno residents in the slums of Arequipa increased from 12.9% to 39.08%, reaching 41.41% in 1971. The population of the city of Puno …
On May 21, 1950, an earthquake measuring 7 on the Mercalli scale destroyed the city of Cuzco. As a result of the earthquake and the reconstruction effort, the State poured significant resources into the city and the region, creating in 1952 the Junta de Reconstrucción y Fomento Industrial del Cuzco, …
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