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 September 1994, La Libertad had 32 anti-subversive bases installed as part of the Peruvian State's counter-subversive strategy. These military bases were established to combat the presence of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in the region, especially in provinces such as Santiago de Chuco and Sánchez Carrión. The bases were part of …
In 1994, the Peruvian army installed a military base in Chiquibamba, Cachachi district, Cajabamba province. This installation was part of the counter-subversive strategy implemented by the armed forces in the northern region of the department of Cajamarca. The base was established in the context of the fight against the PCP-Sendero …
The III Central Unity Committee was a crucial event in the history of the MRTA held in September 1990. In this committee, the MRTA cadres headed by Victor Polay assumed the leadership of the movement at the national level. This event marked a significant change in MRTA's strategy, since a …
The first stage of the counter-subversive military battle in Alto Huallaga took place between January and August 1990, during the general elections. This stage was part of a change in the counter-subversive strategy of the Peruvian Army against the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. The period was characterized by military operations aimed at …
The III Session of the I Congress of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) was held in June 1989. In this plenary session, the subversive organization approved the concept of "strategic balance" as part of its strategy of people's war. This congress was part of a series …
On April 12, 1989, Self-Defense Committees began to be organized in the various provinces of the department of Apurimac. This organization was part of a new counter-subversive strategy implemented by the Armed and Police Forces between 1988 and 1989, a period that saw the highest death toll of the internal …
In the framework of the announcement of the arrival of the "strategic balance" in 1989, the PCP-SL modified its strategy in several areas of the country, including Villa El Salvador (VES), seeking to dispute the hegemony of the left and to unmask the supposed uselessness of its peaceful option for …
At the end of the 1980s, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso undertook what it called the "leap to strategic balance", marking a new phase of the internal armed conflict. This strategy implied the expansion of subversive action into new regional scenarios, giving the conflict a more national character. The year 1989 represented …
Meeting of the Enlarged Central Committee of the PCP-SL held between August 8 and 24, 1980, where Abimael Guzman was accused of deviating from Maoism. His proposal to move the theater of war from the countryside to the city was labeled 'hoxhist', an accusation crucially unfavorable to his leadership. Guzman …
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