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 Peruvian Congress held its third extraordinary session on February 5 and 6, 1990. This special session was called specifically to deal with the demarcation of the regions where popular consultations had been held. The extraordinary legislature was part of the decentralization process that was being implemented in the country …
The Peruvian Congress approved Law 25103, which established the reduction of sentences for persons linked to terrorist acts in cases of collaboration with the authorities. This law was passed during the government of Alan García Pérez, in a context of intensified political violence by the PCP-SL and the MRTA. The …
On July 10, 1989, the Minister of Economy, César Vásquez Bazán, addressed a message to the country requesting workers and businessmen to reach a National Agreement. The message had three basic objectives: to reduce inflation, to establish a healthy dynamic of selective growth and to promote changes demanded by the …
The Minister of Defense, General EP (r) Julio Velásquez Giacarini, announced that the government was preparing a series of actions to confront terrorism. He proposed to the Legislature the enactment of legal provisions to improve the current legislation and the creation of a specific source of financing for the anti-subversive …
Luis Alberto Sánchez Sánchez was appointed Prime Minister of Peru in May 1989, replacing Armando Villanueva del Campo who resigned from the post. This cabinet reshuffle took place in a context of severe economic and political crisis, as well as intensifying subversive violence. Along with Sanchez, Agustin Mantilla Campos was …
On April 26, 1989, the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Armando Villanueva del Campo was questioned before the Chamber of Deputies. The cabinet had to answer a list of more than ninety questions. This interpellation took place in the context of the economic crisis and the situation of political violence …
President Alan García Pérez announces the start of an economic reactivation program to boost agriculture, industry and construction. This announcement was made in the context of a serious economic and political crisis that the country was going through. The program sought to reactivate key sectors of the Peruvian economy that …
The Peruvian Congress decides to bring forward the general elections to the second Sunday of March 1990, instead of the second Sunday of April as indicated in the current electoral law. This decision was taken in a context of serious economic and political crisis, with an accumulated inflation of 1722% …
After three years of suspension, the Peruvian government formally resumes dialogue with representatives of private creditor institutions. The meeting was held with 11 representatives of the 200 private creditor institutions of more than US$4 billion. This event is framed in the context of the serious economic crisis that the country …
On March 14, 1989, the permanent commission of the Economic Pact of National Solidarity project was installed at the School of Business Administration (ESAN). This initiative was promoted by the Minister of Economy, Carlos Rivas Dávila, who had previously announced the reorientation of government policies. The first meeting of the …
In March 1989, new cabinet ministers were sworn in under the presidency of Armando Villanueva del Campo. On March 10, the Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Armando Villanueva del Campo, addressed a message to the nation on the anti-subversive struggle. In this message he informed that a project …
The first meeting of the Economic Solidarity Pact was held with the participation of business and union sectors. The initiative came from the Minister of Economy, Carlos Rivas Dávila, who announced the reorientation of government policies. This meeting sought to establish a dialogue between different economic sectors of the country …
The Minister of Economy Carlos Rivas Dávila announces the increase in the price of gasoline by 63% of the dollar. This economic measure would raise the prices of controlled foodstuffs according to the new production costs. The announcement is made in a context of serious economic crisis, since 1988 had …
Minister of Economy Abel Salinas Eyzaguirre announces a second set of economic adjustment measures. These measures come in the context of a serious economic crisis, after the same minister had announced in September the government's decision to initiate contacts with international financial organizations and Peru's return to the IMF and …
On September 22, 1988, a march of empty pots was held in Lima as a popular protest against the economic measures announced by the government. This demonstration was part of a series of protests that arose after Minister Abel Salinas Eyzaguirre announced new economic measures on September 8. The march …
In September 1988, a cabinet reshuffle took place in the government of Alan Garcia Perez. This ministerial change took place in a context of serious economic crisis, with food shortages that had generated strong public protests days before. On September 8, Minister Abel Salinas Eyzaguirre announced the government's decision to …
Minister Abel Salinas Eyzaguirre announces the government's decision to initiate contacts with international financial organizations. On September 8, in the Senate, he presents the government's economic plan. On September 13, President Alan García Pérez admits that the government made a mistake in maintaining a consumerist policy for too long, with …
On June 23, 1988, the Peruvian government approved four supreme decrees aimed at eradicating contraband in the country. These measures were part of the actions of the government of Alan García Pérez during a period of economic and political crisis. The decrees were issued in the context of the fight …
On June 9, 1988, the Executive Branch called for two extraordinary legislatures of the Peruvian Congress. The first legislature was scheduled between June 14 and 26 to approve the bills for the creation of the pending regions within the framework of the country's regionalization process. The second legislature was to …
Carlos Blancas Bustamante resigned as Minister of Justice during the administration of Alan García Pérez. The resignation took place in a complex political context, during the month of February 1988. This ministerial change occurred in the midst of debates on the nationalization of the banking system and the regionalization of …
On January 9, 1988, the Izquierda Unida (IU) deputy Fernando Sanchez Albavera made a public denunciation about the management of the international reserves of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCR). According to the denunciation, the BCR had handed over the management of international reserves to the Swiss company Sogest. …
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