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.
Two dynamite and ampho explosions destroyed the municipality and part of the Cristo Rey parish in Juliaca. This simultaneous attack against civil and religious institutions shows the Shining Path's strategy of attacking symbols of the State and the Church. The explosions caused significant material damage.
The PCP-SL raided San Pedro, Canchis province, and assassinated the mayor, the governor, the president of the potable water company and a leader, burning the municipality and dynamiting two buses belonging to the Ormeño and Cruz del Sur companies. This multiple attack is evidence of the PCP-SL's violence against authorities …
President Fernando Belaunde Terry enacted the law creating the Glass of Milk program in all municipalities of the country. This law established a nationwide social program aimed at providing supplementary feeding through the distribution of milk. The program was implemented at the municipal level throughout Peru. It was enacted during …
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