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.
Under pressure from the murders in CAT Quisuni, in a very firm statement, the Ayaviri Prelature distances itself from the land seizures, affirming its rejection of any act of violence and calling for the land problem to be solved through dialogue and democracy. The Prelature also disassociates itself from responsibilities, …
The MRTA kidnapped the president of the San Martin County, Demetrio Tafur Ruiz, requesting the intervention of the Church to solve this problem. Tafur was released on July 28, through the mediation of the Church. This case shows the mediating role that the Church played in some conflicts with subversive …
The members of the vicariates of Ayaviri, Sicuani, Juli and Puno meet to evaluate the situation of violence in the region. They underline the need to know the data, the project and the path of the Shining Path in the area and to develop a code of codes for internal …
Between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. on August 1, 1984, a Navy patrol violently broke into the Callqui Evangelical Presbyterian Church where 27 people, including 10 minors, were worshiping. The troops entered shooting in the air, formed two lines with guns pointed at them and selected six adult males. They took …
Members of the Civil Guard brutally raided the premises of the Amazonian Center for Anthropology and Practical Application (CAAAP) in Iquitos, following orders from above. The raid took place late at night on July 28, ripping off the doors with the aim of finding subversive material. The bishops of Iquitos …
On Saturday, September 19, 1981, dynamite firecrackers exploded at the main gate of the Bishopric of the Prelature of Juli. This attack occurred approximately one month after about 40 masked hikers ransacked the Palermo farm, where the Institute of Rural Education (IER) was located, five kilometers from the town of …
In September 1981, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso launched a bomb against the headquarters of the Prelature of Juli. This attack occurred one month after the attack on the Palermo Rural Institute of the Maryknoll Fathers, near Juli, in August 1981. Both assaults provoked a strong wave of indignation among the local …
In 1967, the APRA, allied with the oligarchic sectors and the Huamanga clergy, decided to create the Catholic University of Ayacucho, which would later take the name of Universidad Particular de Ayacucho Victor Andres Belaunde (UPA). With the support of Luis Alberto Sanchez, rector of San Marcos, the UPA received …
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Cardinal Cipriani's latest homily on the conclusions of the Truth Commission has caused such discomfort among the Ayacuchan faithful that several institutions in that department have begun collecting signatures to …
Presented here is a work of analysis and reflection on the journal Signos. A publication that over the course of nearly 30 years has expressed its hope for social change …
The theme of reconciliation evokes many echoes in the Christian faith and therefore involves us today in this country. What contribution can we make as Christians to this great task …
This diary bears witness to specific people, not just numbers or percentages; they are boys and girls with concrete faces and names, and there are also children who were never …
This publication presents some of the activities of religious workers in Peru during the years 1980 to 1992. The text has two approaches. The first part is a chronicle of …
The simple fact that the Final Report includes part of the history of evangelicals during the 20 years of violence is a sign that the course of events in the …
The mission of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary in Huancapi began during the harshest years of terrorism in our Peru. As is well known, its cradle was the university …
"The purpose of this work is to show, even if briefly, to young people in formation the broad fields of mission that await them; the paths along which they will …
Specialists and religious figures emphasized yesterday the need to launch an information campaign among low-income mothers about the advantages and disadvantages of tubal ligation. The president of the Centro de …
Published January 31, 1983. Other headlines on the same page: Responsibility lies with the comuneros. Announced by the political-military command of the emergency zone. Uchurracai (sic) is characterized by conflict …
