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.
In November 1993, a fundamental division took place within the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL). Abimael Guzmán, maximum leader of the PCP-SL captured in September 1992, proposed a peace agreement with the Peruvian State, marking a radical change in the group's strategy. On the other hand, Óscar …
In 1993, the PCP-SL celebrated its 10 years of armed struggle in the hamlets near Araqueda, in the province of Cajabamba. The celebration consisted of detonating bombs and shooting bullets in the area. This event took place during the period of greatest intensity of violence in the region, when the …
In January 1989 the only IU National Congress was held in Lima. It was the moment of encounter of all the tendencies gathered in 1980. A political thesis was approved which maintained that although in general strategic terms the IU did not renounce on principle any means or form of …
In the framework of the fifth anniversary of the 'Armed Struggle' (May 18, 1980), elements of the PCP-SL multiplied attacks in Lima and in the northern part of the country on May 16, 1984. This date commemorated the beginning of the internal war that the PCP-SL had initiated in 1980. …
The MRTA formally initiated its armed actions, presenting itself as part of the Peruvian left and making explicit its differences with the PCP-SL through the use of uniforms, guerrilla camps and the claim of actions. This organization had been formed in 1982 from the union of the MIR-EM and the …
No more than a dozen leaders of the PSR ML - MIR EM met in a Central Committee and after an assessment of the international and national situation came to the conclusion that the conditions were ripe for the resumption of revolutionary violence. It was agreed that the organization would …
In Lima, four people burst into the studios of La Cronica radio station and forced the operator to broadcast a proclamation calling the people to armed struggle. This act of armed propaganda was part of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso's strategy to spread its revolutionary message using the mass media.
A meeting of the Expanded Unified National Secretariat was held with delegates from different regions of the country. In this meeting it was considered that Peru was in the transition from a pre-revolutionary to a revolutionary situation. The PSR ML - MIR EM was preparing to enter the armed struggle …
The Shining Path began its so-called "people's war" on May 18, 1980, the same day as the return to democracy with the presidential elections. The violence took place in a scenario of democratic transition after the military dictatorship, in the midst of a serious economic and social crisis. The Shining …
In 1980, when the PCP-SL began its armed struggle, the development of the media in the central region was precarious. The region had only two daily newspapers, eight medium wave radio stations and fifty radio stations, most of them informal and of district scope. There were no regional or local …
The Communist Party of Peru Shining Path held the I Conference called Define and Decide. This conference was a key moment in the preparation of the organization for the beginning of the armed struggle. During this event, the PCP-SL defined its political and military strategy for the coming years.
The Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) was one of several political parties that, inspired by the Cuban revolution, opted for the 'foquista' armed struggle. At the beginning of 1966, the Army arrested the last guerrillas with the collaboration of some Asháninka. Most of the fighters and the Asháninka who accompanied them …
At the beginning of 1966, the Peruvian Army arrested the last guerrillas of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) with the collaboration of some Asháninka from the area. The MIR was one of several political parties that, inspired by the Cuban revolution, opted for the 'foquista' armed struggle in the middle …
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