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.
Pedro Huilca Tecse, General Secretary of the CGTP (General Confederation of Peruvian Workers), was assassinated on December 18, 1992 in Lima. It was initially assumed that the PCP-SL (Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path) was responsible. This assassination was part of a series of attacks against union leaders during …
In November 1991, during an indefinite strike by Centromín Perú workers over delays in payments, the military from the Marcavalle base intercepted a demonstration in the streets of La Oroya and arrested all the leaders and delegates leading the demonstration, accusing them of being terrorists. Among those arrested was Emiliano …
The General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP) called a general strike during August 1990, in the context of the recently initiated government of Alberto Fujimori. The strike had little acceptance among the population and did not succeed in paralyzing the country's activities. This strike took place at a time of …
On the night of February 13, 1989, mining leader Saúl Cantoral Huamaní and social promoter Consuelo García Filomenas were shot to death by a paramilitary group near the offices of the National Federation of Mine Workers in Lima. This murder occurred on the eve of a new national mining strike. …
The General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP) called and carried out a general strike on December 1, 1988. This strike took place in the context of an economic and political crisis during the government of Alan García Pérez. The strike was part of the multiple protests and union mobilizations that …
On October 17, 1988, the day the national mining strike called by the Federation of Miners, Metallurgists and Steelworkers of Peru (FNTMMSP) began, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso assassinated Alejandro Patiño, former leader of the Morococha union. Patiño was an aprista (member of the PAP, the ruling party at the time) and …
On October 13, 1988, a national strike was called in the context of a serious economic crisis affecting the country. This strike was one of several carried out during 1988, a year in which the monetary devaluation accelerated, generating higher inflation and a fall in workers' real income. In September …
On May 19, 1987, a national strike was called by the General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP). According to the CVR report, this measure of force was moderately successful. The strike took place in the context of political and social tensions of the Alan Garcia Perez administration, in a year …
On May 19, 1987, the first national strike of this period took place, called by the CGTP (General Confederation of Peruvian Workers), marking the end of the social truce that had characterized the first years of the APRA government. The outstanding feature of this strike was that it coincided with …
Beginning in 1985, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) began to infiltrate the strikes called by the CITE (Central de Trabajadores Públicos). This infiltration was part of the Shining Path's strategy to expand its presence in the union and neighborhood movement in Lima, taking advantage of the …
On June 14, 1983, the Unitary Union of Education Workers of Peru (SUTEP) carried out a national strike that was described as successful. This mobilization took place in a context of growing social conflict and political violence in the country. The teachers' strike was one of the multiple union protests …
In January 1979, a strike was called, but it was a failure. This event occurred in the context of the popular and union mobilizations that characterized the end of the military regime (1968-1980). The failure of the strike generated a demobilization that was taken advantage of by the government to …
Beginning in 1975, mining workers in the central region of Peru began a new process of demonstrations and labor demands. This movement arose in response to existing labor conditions and marked the beginning of a new stage in mining union organization. The workers mainly demanded the leveling of their salaries …
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