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 the early 2000s, many communities in Ayacucho, Peru, experienced a significant religious shift from Catholicism to Evangelical Christianity. This change was partly due to the lack of Catholic masses and the need for spiritual support amidst the violence and trauma experienced during that period. Communities such as Huaychao and …
On August 22, 1984, leaders of the Evangelical Church in Huanta reported the assassination of evangelicals by members of the Navy to the president of the Synod and the Evangelical Council of Peru. The incident involved the killing of six community members from Callqui and Nisperosniyocc, who were mistaken for …
In August 1984, the National Evangelical Council of Peru (CONEP) established a Department of Social Service called Paz y Esperanza. This initiative aimed to support evangelicals affected by violence in Peru. The department's creation marked a significant response from the evangelical community to the political violence, highlighting both the solidarity …
On July 27, 1984, approximately 60 members of the Shining Path (PCP-SL) attacked a church in Santa Rosa, La Mar, Peru. They surrounded the church, launched dynamite, and fired at the evangelicals inside, resulting in the deaths of six evangelicals and one Catholic, with seven others injured. The attack was …
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