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.
Interview with a teacher who was a member of the peasant federation in Tarapoto, department of San Martin. The testimony is part of the in-depth interviews conducted by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to document the effects of the internal armed conflict on social organizations and local leadership. The interview …
Focus group held with peasant leaders and former leaders of the Departmental Federation of Peasants of Puno as part of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's work of compiling testimonies. In this meeting, issues related to the impact of the internal armed conflict on peasant organizations and local leadership were discussed. …
On December 13, 1985, about 4,000 peasants from the districts of Santa Rosa and Macarí, led by the Melgar Peasant Unitary Federation, peacefully initiated the recovery of 10,000 hectares of the Rural Enterprise of Social Property "Kunurana". This action triggered one of the most important peasant mobilizations in the history …
In December 1985, land seizures began, triggering one of the most important peasant mobilizations in the history of Puno, leading to a new agrarian reform. On December 13, 1985, about 4,000 peasants from the districts of Santa Rosa and Macari, led by the United Federation of Peasants of Melgar, peacefully …
In 1979, the Peasant Federation of the Apurimac River Valley (FECVRA) was formed in an attempt to stop the abuses of large traders in the area. This organization would become one of the largest and most important social organizations in the entire department of Ayacucho, with more than one hundred …
The Departmental Federation of Peasants of Puno (FDCP) was founded on December 17, 1978 in San Juan de Salinas, province of Azángaro. This organization assumed the responsibility of leading the process of 'democratic restructuring' of land in the department of Puno. The FDCP emerged in a context of frustration among …
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