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.
Rallies were held in the cities of Ayaviri and Azángaro with the participation of more than 2,000 peasants. During these events, land was distributed. These rallies took place in the context of the peasant mobilizations for the recovery of land that had been taking place in the department of Puno …
On May 19, 1987, 172 peasant communities recovered more than 360,000 hectares in all provinces of the department of Puno. This action was organized by the Departmental Federation of Peasants of Puno between January and June 1987, in response to the slowness of APRA officials in implementing the restructuring of …
The IV Board of Directors of the FDCP called for a day of mass mobilization to take land and establish communal enterprises. Thousands of community members from all over the department marched towards the land they claimed as their own. The mobilization was concentrated mainly in Melgar, Azángaro and Carabaya. …
Between January and June 1987, the Departmental Federation of Peasants of Puno decided to 'recuperate land' in all the provinces of the department, in response to the slowness of APRA officials in implementing the restructuring of associative enterprises. On May 19, 1987, 172 peasant communities recovered more than 360,000 hectares …
Beginning in early December, a series of marches and spontaneous land seizures began to take place in the provinces of Azángaro and Melgar. The police responded harshly to these mobilizations. Everyone in the countryside became suspicious and communities were forced to ask for guarantees and prove that their members were …
The Third Congress of the Departmental Federation of Farmers of Puno (FDCP) was held with the attendance of 850 delegates from all over the department. The congress approved that the associative companies be immediately intervened with the participation of community and FDCP representatives. It was agreed that all associative property …
A new departmental strike took place in Puno. In Ayaviri, a gigantic rally organized by the Single Federation of Peasants of Melgar (FUCAM) demanded the acceleration of agrarian restructuring. The land movement achieved an appreciable degree of legitimacy with the renewed support of the church and trade and professional organizations …
On February 7, 1986, the President of the Republic, Alan Garcia, announced in a message to the nation the "restructuring and resizing of the associative enterprises". This announcement came a little more than a month after nearly 4,000 peasants from the districts of Santa Rosa and Macarí peacefully initiated the …
At the beginning of 1986, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso managed to remove the police posts in the province of Azángaro, Puno. This event occurred after the PCP-SL declared the provinces of Melgar, Azángaro and Huancané as "red zones" in August 1985. The situation of the internal armed conflict in this area …
On December 13, 1985, about 4,000 peasants from the districts of Santa Rosa and Macarí, led by the Melgar Peasant Unitary Federation, peacefully initiated the recovery of 10,000 hectares of the Rural Enterprise of Social Property "Kunurana". This action triggered one of the most important peasant mobilizations in the history …
In December 1985, land seizures began, triggering one of the most important peasant mobilizations in the history of Puno, leading to a new agrarian reform. On December 13, 1985, about 4,000 peasants from the districts of Santa Rosa and Macari, led by the United Federation of Peasants of Melgar, peacefully …
In August 1985, the United Federation of Peasants of Melgar (FUCAM) decided to promote the 'disaffiliation of estates' in order to break the unity of the associative enterprises that had emerged from the Agrarian Reform. This strategy was part of the process of 'democratic restructuring' of the land that sought …
The Antapampa Cooperative was invaded in January 1977 by community farmers who had been left out of the agrarian reform. This event was part of the process of land seizures that occurred after the agrarian reform benefited only 23% of the peasants in the Cuzco region, leaving the remaining 77%, …
Between July and September 1974, massive land seizures took place in the province of Andahuaylas, where agrarian reform had not advanced significantly. The mobilization was led by leaders Lino Quintanilla and Julio César Mezzich, under the leadership of the Confederación Campesina del Perú (CCP). The seizures resulted in thousands of …
On May 1, 1973, more than 2,000 peasants took to the streets of Andahuaylas demanding the full application of the agrarian reform. This massive mobilization was motivated by the slow and prolonged process of land allocation and adjudication established by Law No. 17716, which exacerbated the peasant population. The protest …
The Confederación Campesina del Perú (CCP) led an important peasant mobilization in the department of Piura between 1973 and 1975, headed by Andrés Luna Vargas. This mobilization was one of the two most important of the 1973-1975 period, aimed at the adjudication of land to peasant communities. The strategy used …
The Andahuaylas Provincial Federation of Peasants (FEPCA) was formed in 1973 as a result of organizational work in the area. This agrarian organization acquired great notoriety the year after its creation, with the largest peasant mobilization of the decade. Its basic proposal was the total elimination of the hacienda system …
During 1972 and 1973 there were occupations of haciendas that resulted in the expropriation of some estates. In contrast to the northern coast, these mobilizations sought to obtain from the government the allocation of land, going beyond the legal channels of agrarian reform and radicalizing it. These actions were part …
The population in the valleys of La Convención and Lares experienced significant demographic growth between 1940 and 1961. From 27,243 inhabitants in 1940, the population increased to 66,394 inhabitants in 1961, representing an increase of 144% in twenty years. This population growth occurred in the context of important agrarian transformations …
The Anta revolt in 1930 was part of a series of peasant uprisings that occurred in Cuzco and Puno at the beginning of the 20th century. This period, between 1885 and 1930, was characterized by the expansion of the commercial houses of Arequipa and the haciendas of Cuzco and Puno, …
At the beginning of the 20th century, a series of peasant revolts took place in Cuzco and Puno. Among these mobilizations was the revolt of Ccapna and Lauramarca that took place between 1925 and 1927. This uprising was part of a broader cycle of peasant protests that also included the …
At the beginning of the 20th century, a series of revolts took place in Cuzco and Puno, with the Azángaro revolts being particularly significant. These revolts were part of a period characterized by the expansion of the commercial houses of Arequipa and the haciendas of Cuzco and Puno, whose base …
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