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.
A national civic strike called by opposition forces takes place. It is characterized by protest actions and demonstrations at various points in the capital. In cities such as Iquitos, Cuzco and Arequipa, the strike is effective. Foreign press correspondents qualify the strike as the first effective national protest action against …
On April 12, 1989, in front of the population gathered in the square of Congos Alto, the Shining Path PCP assassinated 12 people, including authorities, teachers, the president of the community and community members. The victims had participated in a meeting to organize opposition to the Shining Path PCP. After …
In the CENECAMP meeting room in Lima, a group of managers and workers from associative companies met with the Vice-Minister of Agriculture. The business representatives presented their views on the land takeovers, arguing that they were causing the destruction of the Puna cattle industry. They denounced the superficiality of the …
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Gustavo Espinoza was one of the opposition members of parliament who, during the government of Alan García, served on a parliamentary commission that investigated the Rodrigo Franco command. At the …
Despite the repression and the risk of infiltrators and sabotage at the mobilizations of the 27th and 28th, the Marcha de los Cuatro Suyos entered its final hour.
On the afternoon of Tuesday, June 13, a hesitant Gilberto Siura rose to defend the controversial amnesty bill that the ruling party leadership had ordered him to present. "There's no …