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 III Session of the I Congress of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) was held in June 1989. In this plenary session, the subversive organization approved the concept of "strategic balance" as part of its strategy of people's war. This congress was part of a series …
In the framework of the announcement of the arrival of the "strategic balance" in 1989, the PCP-SL modified its strategy in several areas of the country, including Villa El Salvador (VES), seeking to dispute the hegemony of the left and to unmask the supposed uselessness of its peaceful option for …
In 1989, the PCP-SL declared the beginning of the second stage of its people's war, called 'strategic balance'. This phase marked a change in the group's strategy, moving from a defensive position to a more direct offensive against institutions and organizations. During this stage, the PCP-SL intensified its attacks against …
According to the newspaper Expreso, in Ayacucho, members of the PCP-SL distributed leaflets throughout the city announcing that violence will not cease and that the people's war and the violent revolution will save the country and all Peruvians. This propaganda action was carried out in the context of the campaign …
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso planned a second military campaign to be carried out in two waves. The first wave was programmed from March 1984 to May 1984, and the second wave from June 1984 to December 1986. This planning was part of the subversive group's military strategy to expand and consolidate …
The people of Chinches remember that the first time the subversives visited them was in 1982, although there are versions from other villagers who affirm that since the mid-1980s people from outside the area visited Chinches frequently. These first visits were part of the work of insertion of the PCP-SL …
Meeting of the Enlarged Central Committee of the PCP-SL held between August 8 and 24, 1980, where Abimael Guzman was accused of deviating from Maoism. His proposal to move the theater of war from the countryside to the city was labeled 'hoxhist', an accusation crucially unfavorable to his leadership. Guzman …
Two weeks after the attack in Chuschi that marked the beginning of the armed struggle of the PCP-SL, a meeting of the Enlarged Political Bureau was held in Lima. The objective of this meeting was to take stock of the actions carried out since the beginning of the war and …
On May 17, 1980, a group of PCP-SL militants burned the ballot boxes and electoral material in Chuschi, initiating their 'people's war'. This symbolic act marked the beginning of the internal armed conflict in Peru. On the same day, another group of Shining Pathists threw dynamite firecrackers at the Provincial …
On May 1, 1980, the PCP-SL held a last rally at the UNSCH in which, under a forest of red flags, the Shining Path militants dressed in jackets and caps similar to those used by the Red Guards in the Chinese Cultural Revolution, announced the beginning of the People's War. …
The attack in Chuschi in 1980 marked the beginning of the actions of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso. According to the CVR report, almost parallel to the attack in Chuschi, in Lima there was a fire in the municipality of San Martin de Porres, while a series of symbolic and intimidating acts …
In June 1975, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso began the reconstitution of the party, incorporating new militants and rethinking the development of the people's war in the city. When a contradiction appeared within the Regional Committee, Abimael Guzmán opted to hold the Convention of the Regional Committee 'June 14' in Lima, specifically …
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