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 of Alberto Fujimori Fujimori called for elections for a Constituent Congress, achieving a pro-government majority in the process. This call took place in the context of the self-coup of April 5, 1992, when Fujimori dissolved the National Congress and reorganized the Judicial Power. The aim of the Constituent …
An attempted coup d'état, organized by retired Army generals Jaime Salinas Sedó, José Pastor Vives and Víctor Ernesto Obando Salas; Major EP (r) Salvador Carmona Bernasconi; and active commanders Raúl Montero and Marcos Zárate Rotta was aborted. The operations were allegedly in charge of Major EP Hugo Ormeño Huapaya. All …
On April 21, 1992, Máximo San Román Cáceres was sworn in as constitutional president before members of the dissolved Congress of the Republic at the Lima Bar Association headquarters. The ceremony was attended by 44 of the sixty senators and 149 of the 180 deputies. This act took place after …
On April 21, 1992, the ad hoc commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) arrived in Lima and began interviews with representatives of the different political forces. This commission was sent after the meeting of OAS foreign ministers in Washington on April 13, where it was decided to "deplore" …
The Emergency and National Reconstruction Government presents its timetable for the full reestablishment of the constitutional and democratic order of the country. This presentation takes place in the context of the coup d'état of April 5, 1992, when President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori dissolved the Congress and reorganized the Judiciary. On …
The foreign ministers of the Organization of American States (OAS) met in Washington to discuss the coup d'état perpetrated by Alberto Fujimori on April 5, 1992. During this meeting, the foreign ministers debated which term to use to express their position on the coup. In the end, they chose the …
On April 10, 1992, President Fujimori staged a coup d'état. The Episcopal Conference issued a communiqué regretting the breakdown of the constitutional and legal order and urging its prompt reestablishment. On June 6, the bishops published the document 'A new Peru, a task for all', calling for the reestablishment of …
On April 9, 1992, around 100 representatives, including deputies and senators of the dissolved Congress, declared the Presidency of the Republic vacant due to the "moral incapacity of Alberto Fujimori Fujimori". This declaration took place four days after the self-coup of April 5, when Fujimori dissolved the National Parliament and …
On April 6, 1992, one day after the coup d'état perpetrated by Alberto Fujimori Fujimori, the new cabinet was sworn in under the presidency of Oscar de la Puente Raygada. That same day, in the first session of the ministerial cabinet, the new president of the Council of Ministers read …
The impeached Parliament, in accordance with constitutional legality, declared the presidential vacancy due to moral incapacity. The pronouncement issued by parliamentarians from different political sectors -including Cambio 90- called on the elected senator and first vice-president Máximo San Román to assume the Presidency of the Nation. Shortly, San Roman was …
On April 5, 1992, President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori, with the support of the forces of law and order, announced the dissolution of the National Parliament and the total reorganization of the Judiciary. As part of this coup d'état, the president of the Senate, Felipe Osterling Parodi, and the president of …
Coup d'état by means of which the Fujimori government broke the constitutional order and enacted a series of provisions that tightened the anti-terrorist legislation without contemplating the respect of minimum guarantees of due process. Military prerogatives were extended, expanding its power in emergency zones and in counter-subversive activity, thus expanding …
On April 5, 1992, Alberto Fujimori executed a coup d'état. On April 6, union leaders of SUTEP and CGTP rejected and condemned the coup. The union premises remained surrounded by military and police. Days later, a leader denounced the disappearance of Olmedo Auris, who was forcibly removed from the union …
Alberto Fujimori executed a self-coup d'état, calling his government the Government of Emergency and National Reconstruction. This political act sought to consolidate his power and present himself as the leader capable of defeating terrorism and pulling Peru out of the economic, political, social and moral crisis. The self-coup was part …
On April 5, 1992, Alberto Fujimori interrupted democracy and promulgated Decree Law No. 25418 instituting the Government of Emergency and National Reconstruction. This coup d'état, known as a self-coup, marked the beginning of a period of intensified human rights violations. During the month of May, the Executive Branch drafted and …
On April 5, 1992, at 10:30 p.m., the Constitutional President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori, with the support of the police, announces the dissolution of the National Parliament and the total reorganization of the Judicial Power, the National Council of the Magistracy (CNM), the Court of Constitutional Guarantees and the Public Prosecutor's …
Alberto Fujimori's government issued a decree law sanctioning those who, without title or appointment, usurp public functions, give military or police orders, or who are suspended or dismissed from their posts and continue to exercise them. This measure was issued in the context of the coup d'état of April 5, …
The day after the elections, in a new intelligence assessment, the coup plotters explained the electoral result by affirming that there is a natural tendency of the Citizenry in periods of social, political and economic instability, to orient itself towards moderate and non-confrontational positions. The coup plans were suspended because …
The coup plotters made an intelligence assessment in which they concluded that the forecasts on an electoral process, transfer of government and the next months of the new administration of the country within an orderly framework lack realism and could lead the Republic to the unleashing of a generalized social …
On October 11, 1988, General EP Victor Raul Silva Tuesta, head of the First Military Region, retired at his request. This retirement took place in a context of political and economic crisis, with rumors of a coup d'état that were denied by the Minister of Defense, General EP Enrique López …
In the context of a deep economic and political crisis, Oiga magazine published an editorial entitled "Between the coup and the presidential resignation". This headline reflects the climate of political instability that the government of Alan Garcia Perez was going through in October 1988. Rumors of a coup d'état were …
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