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 1977, after the 1974 land seizures in the provinces of Andahuaylas and Chincheros, the land was finally in the hands of those who participated in the peasant movement. Of the 118 haciendas in Andahuaylas and Chincheros, 68 were taken simultaneously in 1974. This process was almost similar to what …
In 1974, the Andahuaylas Provincial Federation of Peasants (FEPCA), led by Julio César Mezzich, Lino Quintanilla and Félix Loayza, organized the largest peasant mobilization of the decade with the objective of totally eliminating the hacienda system and adjudicating land to peasant families. Of the 118 haciendas in Andahuaylas and Chincheros, …
On May 1, 1973, more than 2,000 peasants took to the streets of Andahuaylas demanding the full application of the agrarian reform. This massive mobilization was motivated by the slow and prolonged process of land allocation and adjudication established by Law No. 17716, which exacerbated the peasant population. The protest …
The Andahuaylas Provincial Federation of Peasants (FEPCA) was formed in 1973 as a result of organizational work in the area. This agrarian organization acquired great notoriety the year after its creation, with the largest peasant mobilization of the decade. Its basic proposal was the total elimination of the hacienda system …
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