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.
Since 1984, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) intensified the forced recruitment of adolescents and young people in various rural areas of the country. This practice became frequent in the department of Pasco and other regions, forcing many rural families, especially those with greater resources, to migrate …
According to INEI's 1997 Survey on the Characterization of the Returning Population, 84.9% of the population displaced by political violence took place between 1981 and 1990. The total number of displaced would exceed 600,000 people. This massive displacement left many communities as 'ghost towns', without labor, greatly reducing the possibilities …
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