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.
The government approved the regulation of the teacher's law during the government of Fernando Belaunde Terry. This regulation established several aspects related to the rights of teachers in the country. Among the most important aspects, the regulation stated that teachers have the right to free unionization. This measure took place …
The Minister of the Interior, General EP Óscar Brush Noel, publicly revealed the existence of a black list containing names of potential victims of the PCP-SL (Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path). This revelation took place in a context of escalating political violence in the country, during the last …
The Minister of the Interior, General EP Óscar Brush Noel, made public statements on communism in the context of the fight against terrorism. On December 1 he had stated that all Peruvians should defend the supreme values of God, country and family against communist terrorism. The following day, he stated …
On December 1, 1984, the Minister of the Interior, General EP Oscar Brush Noel, made public statements affirming that all Peruvians should defend the supreme values of God, homeland and family against communist terrorism. In his declarations to the newspaper El Diario, published on December 2, Brush Noel stated that …
Luis Pércovich Roca resigned as Minister of the Interior on October 12, 1984. He was replaced in the Interior portfolio by General EP Óscar Brush Noel. Pércovich had been a controversial figure during his tenure, being criticized by leftist sectors who accused him of promoting dirty war methods. His departure …
The Peruvian government decided to extend for thirty days the state of emergency throughout the country, which included the suspension of constitutional guarantees. This measure was taken after the Minister of the Interior, Luis Pércovich Roca, stated that it had not been considered convenient to implement the state of siege. …
The Minister of the Interior, Luis Pércovich Roca, publicly stated that the government had not considered it convenient to implement a state of siege in the country. This statement came after an Official Communiqué was published on July 6 in which the President of the Republic Fernando Belaunde Terry and …
After the increase in terrorist actions in June 1984, EP General Adrián Huamán Centeno, accompanied by EP General Óscar Brush Noel, met with President Fernando Belaunde Terry on July 2, 1984. Two days earlier, on July 1, the General Command of the Peruvian Army had issued a communiqué denying versions …
The television program Visión, hosted by César Hildebrandt Pérez-Treviño, was suspended by the government. The suspension occurred after the presence of the Minister of the Interior, Luis Pércovich Roca, in the program was frustrated. The measure was taken after the program broadcast two reports on the poor success of police …
Premier Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe appeared before the Congress of the Republic to present his government plan. This presentation was made in the context of the political and social crisis that the country was going through during the government of Fernando Belaunde Terry. Mariátegui Chiappe had assumed the Foreign Affairs portfolio …
Senator Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe assumed the portfolio of Foreign Affairs on April 9, 1984, replacing the outgoing minister. This ministerial change took place in the context of Fernando Belaunde Terry's government, during a period of intense political and social crisis in the country. Mariátegui Chiappe would later also serve as …
A motion of censure was presented in the Chamber of Deputies against the Minister of the Interior, Luis Pércovich Roca, due to the violent repression of the national strike that had taken place previously. This motion was presented in the context of growing criticism of the government's handling of the …
Carlos Rodríguez Pastor resigned as Minister of Economy in March 1984. He was replaced by José Benavides Muñoz, who held the portfolio of Energy and Mines, which was assumed by Juan Incháustegui Vargas. Previously, in May 1983, members of the governing party had criticized Rodríguez Pastor. In October 1983, the …
On December 1, 1983, the Minister of Economy appeared before the Chamber of Deputies. This appearance took place in the context of a serious national economic crisis, where the government was facing criticism for its management of the economy and the foreign debt negotiations. Minister Carlos Rodríguez Pastor had been …
On September 9, 1983, Premier Fernando Schwalb Lopez Aldana announced that the government had decided to lift the state of emergency in the country. However, this measure did not apply to the provinces under military control in Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Apurimac, where the state of emergency continued. The state of …
On August 15, 1983, changes were announced in the ministerial cabinet of Fernando Belaunde Terry's government. Patricio Ricketts Rey de Castro left the Ministry of Labor to become Minister of Education. Joaquín Leguía assumed the Labor portfolio replacing Ricketts. These changes took place in a context of confrontations between the …
On June 27, 1983, the resignation of the Minister of Labor, Alfonso Grados Bertorini, during the government of Fernando Belaunde Terry, was confirmed. Later, in August of the same year, it was announced that Patricio Ricketts Rey de Castro was leaving the Ministry of Labor to move to the Ministry …
On May 31, 1983, it was announced that inflation surpassed the three-digit mark for the first time in Peru's history, reaching 101.4% in the annual accumulated figure from May 1982 to May 1983. This economic milestone occurred in the context of a serious economic crisis that worsened during that year. …
On May 30, 1983, the Peruvian government decreed a state of emergency throughout the country for sixty days, suspending several individual guarantees. This measure was taken in view of repeated acts of sabotage at different points of the interconnected electrical system. Days before, on May 27, there had been a …
In April 1983, Fernando Rincón resigned as Minister of the Interior. This resignation took place in a context of intense criticism of his administration, particularly due to the Uchuraccay massacre that took place in January of that year and the systematic human rights violations denounced during his term. Despite criticism …
On March 10, 1983, a 24-hour national strike was held in rejection of the economic policies of Fernando Belaunde Terry's government. This strike was successful and was the largest mobilization that had taken place in the two and a half years of the Belaunde government. The strike showed the generalized …
On February 4, 1983, in an extraordinary legislature, the Schwalb cabinet was presented before the Peruvian Parliament. This cabinet, headed by Fernando Schwalb López Aldana as Premier, had been announced on the first day of January of that year. The presentation before the Parliament was a protocolary act necessary for …
The Investigation Commission of the Uchuraccay Events was constituted by Supreme Resolution Nº 0016-83-PCM, one week after the massacre of the journalists occurred. It was charged with preparing a report on the events within one month. Fulfilling its mandate, in a special ceremony held at the Government Palace, the Commission …
The Council of Ministers declared a state of emergency in Lima and Callao for sixty days through Supreme Decree 036.82.IN. This measure was taken in the context of a growing wave of terrorist attacks by the PCP-SL both in the capital and in the interior of the country. Prime Minister …
Law 23414, published on June 1, 1982, regulated the transfer of jurisdiction in criminal cases during the government of Fernando Belaúnde (1980-1985). This law provided that the judge or court hearing a criminal proceeding or a more serious crime in cases of related crimes could decide to transfer jurisdiction at …
Legislative Decree No. 046 was the first legal norm that regulated the classification and punishment of the crime of terrorism in Peru, establishing also basic rules for the development of the preliminary investigation. Although in its recitals it explicitly stated the need to describe the crime of terrorism in a …
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