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.
Under the leadership of the FDCP, several communities take land from CAT Quisuni in July 1990. Surprisingly, the Shining Path column shows up and assassinates six workers of that entity, reiterating their slogan that the only way to get the land is with weapons in hand. In the following days, …
In September 1989, the FDCP still had enough strength to call for a second peasant strike in the south as a prelude to the municipal and regional elections in November. As had happened in March, blockades, mobilizations and some isolated seizures took place. Fourteen days later, the measure was lifted …
A FDCP commission met with Minister of Agriculture Remigio Morales Bermúdez to discuss the May 19 land seizures. The government agreed to form a commission with the capacity to make decisions with the participation of communities and feudatarios, expressly excluding the managers. It also agreed to legalize the seizures and …
The IV Board of Directors of the FDCP called for a day of mass mobilization to take land and establish communal enterprises. Thousands of community members from all over the department marched towards the land they claimed as their own. The mobilization was concentrated mainly in Melgar, Azángaro and Carabaya. …
The Third Congress of the Departmental Federation of Farmers of Puno (FDCP) was held with the attendance of 850 delegates from all over the department. The congress approved that the associative companies be immediately intervened with the participation of community and FDCP representatives. It was agreed that all associative property …
The second congress of the Departmental Federation of Puno Peasants (FDCP) was held in September 1983. At this congress, drought and land scarcity dominated the agenda. Although official documents maintained the idea of a 'concerted restructuring' of the land, in practice land seizures 'were the order of the day'. This …
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