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.
Former presidential candidate Alejandro Toledo Manrique calls for a three-day mobilization called the March of the Four of His Own, in protest against the fraudulent re-election of Alberto Fujimori Fujimori. The first day passes peacefully with thousands of people mobilizing from different parts of the capital. On July 28, acts …
In November 1991, the March 'Against Hunger and Terror' took place, led by the leaders María Elena Moyano and Emma Hilario, among others. This march took place in a context of intensified threats and attacks by the PCP-Sendero Luminoso against the leaders of women's grassroots organizations. The march was an …
In September 1991, the leaders of popular women's organizations called for a march under the slogan 'Against hunger and terror' which was attended by a large contingent of participants. This march represented a central event in the confrontation of women's organizations against the PCP-SL and the violence it unleashed. It …
On May 30, 1991, the leaders of SUTEP (Sindicato Único de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú), accompanied by three parliamentarians and other union members, marched across Lima's Plaza de Armas towards the Government Palace. The objective of the march was to request an audience with the wife of President …
On November 3, 1989, in the midst of the campaign for the municipal elections, one of the most massive marches against the PCP-SL was organized in all the years of the internal armed conflict. The initiative to mobilize the population in the face of the threat of an armed strike …
On November 3, 1989, a march for peace was successfully held in the context of the political violence in the country. The march was attended by candidates from different political forces, demonstrating an effort of unity in the face of the violent situation. This event took place at a time …
In response to the 1989 SL armed strike, politicians of diverse political tendencies such as FREDEMO and Izquierda Unida, sectors of civil society and churches such as the Peru, Life and Peace movement, and others joined forces to call for a march with a broad message to continue confronting terror …
In November 1989, the first broad civil society reaction against the violence of the internal armed conflict took place. This mobilization materialized through the formation of the organization Peru Vida y Paz (Peru Life and Peace) and culminated in a massive march for peace held in the country's capital. This …
On November 1, 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso held a march in Manco Capac Square in Lima. During the event, there was a violent confrontation with police forces. As a result of the confrontation, three people lost their lives. This event was part of the most intense period of Shining Path …
In 1988, the Federation of Mothers' Clubs of Ayacucho participated in the organization of the March for Peace. They called together a group of institutions and in a public forum they openly questioned and confronted the PCP-SL. This action was an important turning point in the civil resistance against Shining …
About six thousand people, coming from all the Vicariates of the Archdiocese of Lima, and a delegation from Callao, gathered for the 6th Day of Fasting and Prayer for Peace in Peru, which culminated with a march for peace led by Bishops Augusto Beuzeville and Javier Ariz.
A Great March for Peace was organized by the Church and the Provincias Altas Human Rights Committee in the prelature of Sicuani. Around two thousand five hundred people participated, delegates from peasant communities, parishes, mothers' clubs and health and school committees, who massively expressed their rejection of the daily violence, …
More than ten thousand people mobilized through the center of Lima in the great march for Life and Peace, organized by the National Human Rights Coordinating Committee. Under the slogan 'The Fifth: Do not kill', numerous Christian groups from various parishes of Lima, lay apostolic movements, populous districts of Lima, …
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