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.
On February 16, 1990, a case of telephone tapping was uncovered when it was proven that a third person had impersonated Congressman Manuel Piqueras Luna in an interview broadcast by Radio Programas del Perú (RPP). This incident occurred in the context of the denunciations that the Izquierda Unida deputy had …
A complaint was filed regarding illicit negotiations that were allegedly taking place at the Ministry of Economy. The accusation pointed out that a total disorder had been generated in the granting of foreign currency. This accusation pointed to irregularities in the economic management of the APRA government during the last …
Felipe Santiago Salaverry, former President of the Peruvian Social Security Institute (IPSS), was assassinated by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso in 1990. This assassination was part of a broader strategy of the PCP-SL to multiply the assassinations of officials linked to the APRA government of Alan Garcia. The crime occurred on the …
The police carried out an unexpected and violent raid on the offices of the newspaper El Diario on November 2, 1989. During the operation, 15 workers and journalists of the newspaper were arrested. This raid took place in the context of the counter-subversive struggle, given that El Diario was considered …
After more than two months of duration, the mining strike and the medical strike in Peru ended simultaneously. This event occurred in the context of the Alan Garcia Perez administration and amid intense political and social tensions. The end of these strikes is mentioned in connection with debates about the …
On June 14, 1989, the Minister of Economy, César Vásquez Bazán, announced that the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) would raise the passive interest rate that banks and financial companies pay to savers. This economic measure takes place in a context of economic crisis during the government of Alan Garcia Perez. …
Armando Villanueva del Campo resigned from the cabinet in May 1989. His resignation took place in a context of worsening economic and political crisis, as well as an intensification of subversive violence. During his tenure as Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Villanueva had announced a policy of a …
Alberto Valencia, the APRA deputy for Ayacucho, announced a new movement of peasant patrols that are organizing themselves spontaneously to free themselves from the PCP-SL. The leader of these ronderos, called Comandante Huayhuaco, specifies that "if the government would only give me a hundred rifles, a hundred FAL, until November …
The Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Armando Villanueva del Campo, addresses a message to the nation on the anti-subversive struggle. In his message, he informed that a project of supreme decree had been elaborated by which all state agencies would support the actions against subversion. This message is …
In March 1989, the APRA government of President Alan García Pérez formally involved the peasant patrols in the anti-subversive struggle. On March 24, Alberto Valencia, the APRA deputy for Ayacucho, announced a new movement of peasant patrols that were organizing spontaneously to free themselves from the PCP-SL. The leader of …
In 1989, the APRA government ordered the Armed Forces to take charge of internal order in Lima and Callao, within the framework of a state of emergency. This measure was taken in a context of escalating subversive violence, particularly by the PCP-SL, which had intensified its actions in the capital. …
The Minister of Economy Carlos Rivas Dávila, the Minister of Agriculture Juan Coronado, and the Minister of Defense General EP Enrique López Albújar Trint appeared before the Permanent Commission of the Congress. During his presentation, the Minister of Defense denounced that some journalistic media misinformed the citizens regarding the validity …
With the explosion of hyperinflation in 1989, the state-owned companies ENCI and ECASA were unable to pay for the peasants' products. This economic crisis led the Confederation of Peruvian Peasants (CCP) to promote regional peasant strikes throughout the country. In Ucayali, the peasants grouped in the Federation of Peasants of …
Saul Cantoral, president of the Mining Federation, was assassinated in San Juan de Lurigancho by the Rodrigo Franco Command, a paramilitary group. El Diario denounced this assassination as a sign of the genocide of the APRA government, although alluding mainly to the 1986 prison massacre. The miners' unions, in response …
The General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP) called and carried out a general strike on December 1, 1988. This strike took place in the context of an economic and political crisis during the government of Alan García Pérez. The strike was part of the multiple protests and union mobilizations that …
On November 6, 1988, the SODE (Solidarity and Democracy), through a televised intervention of its general secretary and congressman Aurelio Loret de Mola, publicly requested the resignation of President Alan Garcia Perez. This request was made in the context of a serious economic and political crisis that the APRA government …
On September 8, 1988, in the Senate, Minister Abel Salinas Eyzaguirre announced the government's decision to initiate contacts with international financial organizations. This announcement takes place in a context of severe economic crisis, days after a major food shortage that generated strong public protests. On September 23, Peru formally returned …
In a message to the nation, Prime Minister Armando Villanueva del Campo announced increases in a series of food products and readjustments in salaries and wages. This announcement was made in a context of economic crisis and adjustment measures implemented by Alan Garcia's government. Increases in basic products and salary …
In a message to the nation for national holidays, President Alan García Pérez proposed the presentation of three bills against terrorism. The first bill was aimed at punishing illicit association for subversive purposes. The second bill sought to punish the illegal possession of arms and explosives. The third bill contemplated …
The Interministerial Coordinating Commission for the Fight against Subversion was installed as part of the strategy of the APRA government to fight subversion. The commission was integrated by three key cabinet ministers: the Minister of Defense, General EP Enrique López Albújar Trint; the Minister of the Interior, Agustín Soria; and …
On May 8, 1988, President Alan Garcia Perez announced his decision to make the fight against terrorism more severe and energetic. This declaration was accompanied by Prime Minister Armando Villanueva del Campo, who pointed out that the anti-terrorist law had to be corrected, since it gave special protective treatment to …
Prime Minister Armando Villanueva del Campo publicly announces the "iron fist against terrorists" policy in May 1988. This announcement takes place in a context of intensifying political violence in the country. On May 8, President Alan Garcia Perez announces his decision to make the fight against terrorism more severe and …
In May 1988, Prime Minister Armando Villanueva del Campo announces tougher measures against terrorism. The Interministerial Commission for the counter-subversive fight was created as part of the hardening of government policy. The commission was formally installed in June 1988 and was made up of the Minister of Defense (López Albújar), …
On April 13, 1988, Prime Minister Guillermo Larco Cox appeared before the Chamber of Deputies to comply with parliamentary protocol. However, the auditorium was only composed of representatives of the APRA party, due to the withdrawal of the opposition parliamentarians. This presentation was part of the constitutional obligations of the …
President Alan Garcia Perez unveiled an economic program that he described as a 'war economy', after a long meeting with the so-called economic group made up of ministers, officials and advisors. This program was approved by the Council of Ministers and combined orthodox and heterodox economic measures. The announcement took …
President Alan García Pérez announced the government's intention to dissolve the National System of Popular Cooperation (COOPOP). The decision was motivated by facts of immorality and corruption detected in this institution. This announcement was made in the context of an extraordinary legislature called to evaluate the law for the nationalization …
On May 19, 1987, the first national strike of this period took place, called by the CGTP (General Confederation of Peruvian Workers), marking the end of the social truce that had characterized the first years of the APRA government. The outstanding feature of this strike was that it coincided with …
The Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Luis Alva Castro, announced that the State will prosecute officials of all hierarchy who committed the Banco de la Nación as guarantor of a debt of 9 billion soles. This statement was made in the context of financial irregularities detected in the management …
In 1987, subversives of the PCP-SL attacked the PAIT (Temporary Income Support Program) in San Martin de Porres. This attack was part of a broader PCP-SL strategy against the programs of Alan Garcia's APRA government. During the APRA government, subversive actions were directed against APRA offices, PAIT workers and APRA …
The APRA government created the National Investment Council as part of its strategy to broaden business sympathies and restrict the representativeness of the unions. This body included representatives of the government and of the twelve apostles (a privileged business group), as well as representatives of the CONFIEP and delegates from …
President Alan Garcia Perez addressed a message to the nation announcing wage and salary increases as part of an overall economic plan. The plan included national price readjustments and devaluation scheduled for 1987. This announcement came against a backdrop of tensions with the International Monetary Fund, as in August of …
The Textile Federation strike was one of the most important strikes in the private sector during the APRA government. It took place in September 1986 in a context of economic reactivation but with wage ceilings that limited benefits for unionized workers. The strike lasted 45 days and mobilized more than …
The massacre of the prisons left a considerable mark on all the actors in the conflict and brought to Lima images of massacres that had been far away until then. In practical terms, with this massacre and the way it was handled, the Aprista government's attempts to develop its own …
The massacre in the prisons marked the beginning of the stage of national deployment of violence. This event was a culminating point that considerably marked all the actors in the conflict and brought to Lima images of massacres that had been far away until then. In practical terms, with this …
In April 1986, a regional strike was held in San Martin which forced the APRA government to send an official delegation made up of several ministers and high-ranking officials. The negotiation lasted 16 uninterrupted hours before the Comando Unitario de Lucha (CUL) and 200 delegates from the rank and file. …
On February 26, 1986, President Alan Garcia Perez made a strong statement about the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In his statement, Garcia declared that the IMF would no longer come to Peru "to take account of its economy or to put pressure on it". This statement was part of the …
President Alan Garcia Perez gave a message to the nation on February 7, 1986. This message took place in a context of widespread political violence, with actions by both the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and the MRTA. The presidential message was one of the outstanding political events of 1986, according to the …
In February 1986, Law 24514 was enacted, rendering Decree Law 22126 null and void. This law was part of a new cycle of labor conflicts that emerged around 1986, only one year after the reforms proposed by Carlos Blancas were truncated. The context also included the supreme decree that eliminated …
The Andean Trapezoid plan, promoted by the government, was explained in February 1986. However, the plan barely included proposals to coordinate and harmonize the heterogeneous projects, programs and actions that a series of state entities were developing in that territorial area. This explanation was given in a context of peasant …
Riot in the Lurigancho prison that resulted in the death of inmates. The APRA government did not assume any responsibility for these events. This event marked a point in which the denunciations of human rights violations did not find the same echo as in previous cases.
The PAP took office under the presidency of Alan Garcia on July 28, 1985. During this period, the government tried to vary the counter-subversive strategy with emphasis on economic and social development. The CVR registered 8173 deaths and disappearances during the PAP government, 58% of which corresponded to subversive organizations …
One of the most important policies of the APRA government (1985-1990) was the support to farmers through credits at zero interest rates and the purchase of their production. However, with the explosion of hyperinflation in 1989, the State companies ENCI and ECASA were unable to pay for the farmers' products. …
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