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.
The strike of May 22 and 23, 1978 demonstrated the strength and importance of the neighborhood movement in Lima, with a much more organized participation than in the previous strike of 1977. The northern, southern and eastern zones of Lima became battlefields during these two days. This mobilization crystallized the …
The National Strike of July 19, 1977 demonstrated the unity between the labor and neighborhood movements in Metropolitan Lima. It is estimated that 43% of the slum dwellers were workers, which facilitated an intense but spontaneous participation of the slum dwellers. This strike was called by the 'Comité de Coordinación …
In May 1977, the Comité de Coordinación y Lucha Barrial (Neighborhood Coordination and Struggle Committee) was formed in Lima, an organization that articulated the workers' and neighborhood movement in the context of the mobilizations against the military government. This committee emerged after the government decreed a State of Emergency in …
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