Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
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.
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ALWAYS WITH COPIED IDEAS
"The Truth Commission—and now most recently the Museo de la Memoria—are examples of this behavior. Copied from foreign initiatives, both proposals have been imposed on us in the name of …
Discourses on Political Violence and Human Rights Violations. The Violent Acts at Uchiza and Cayara According to El Diario, La República and El Comercio
"The discourse analysis methodology employed in this research will make it possible to show, in a detailed and methodical manner, the underlying intentions in the discourses and will offer a …
Condemnation of Fujimori and Impunity for the Killers
The conviction of Fujimori should not be considered an advance for Human Rights in Peru. Justice has regressed under the government of Alan García, which continues to protect those murderous …
THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT A MUSEUM OF MEMORY
A typical journalistic piece of drivel that lies knowing it is lying: Dear readers, the Commission of the "Museo de la Memoria," chaired by the writer Mario Vargas Llosa and …
Mayor of Acocro Denies Payment of Three Thousand Soles to Journalist for Publicity Work
For paying a three-thousand-sol publication fee under a category of the Organismo Supervisor de Contrataciones del Estado (SEACE), the mayor of the Municipalidad of the district of Acocro—which belongs to …
Rafael Rey's Day of Fury with the Press
Defense Minister Rafael Rey faces his most difficult moment since taking office due to the controversial purchase of Chinese tanks. In that context, he clashed verbally with a journalist from …
Uchuraccay: The Perpetual Mourning of the Press
Breathless, senseless: the Uchuraccay massacre and its subsequent politicization have been the worst tragedies in national journalism, without mercy. Every year, Javier Ascue — a leading journalist at El Comercio …
Tribute Paid to Journalist Jaime Ayala on the 25th Anniversary of His Disappearance
In the presence of family members, friends, colleagues, authorities from the Province of Huanta, human rights organizations, and the press, a series of activities were held in memory of the …
Comparative Analysis of the News Coverage of the Uchuraccay Case in the Newspapers El Comercio, La República, and Diario Marka
In the following investigation, each of the events that left us with reflection and above all a lesson about what it means to carry out journalistic work will be laid …
From Pain and Truth
This article won first place in the NATIONAL JOURNALISM AWARDS CVR+5, organized by the Consejo de Prensa Peruana and the citizen movement Para que no se repita. It recounts gripping …
CVR+5 Journalism. Remembering with the Hope That It Will Not Happen Again - National Journalism Awards
In the article 'El Nudo en la garganta,' written by Augusto Rubio in La Industria de Chimbote, a teenage peasant from the highlands of Aranhuay, Ayacucho, recounts to a university …
CVR + 5 Awards. Jury and Winners
List of jury members and all award winners across all categories.
The Construction of the Heroic Image Through Journalistic Discourse
This work attempts to demonstrate that the social construction of the national hero/heroine as a symbol of courage and resistance generally arises within a period of social, political, and economic …
The Press and Journalists in Prison in the Period 1990-2000
The report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission shows us the twenty years of violence (1980–2000) that Peru lived through, during which the human rights of nearly seventy thousand Peruvians …
Tunnel Secrets. Lima, Peru. 126 Days of Captivity in the Japanese Ambassador's Residence
On the night of December 17, 1996, a platoon of 14 members of the Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA) stormed the residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima during the …
Cultures of War. News Media and Symbolic Violence
The problems of systematic and objective quantification of violent content and its reach over audiences reveal the inherent limitations of studying reception processes from an informational perspective, by virtue of …
Press and Military Option. Hostages in the House of the Rising Sun
The credibility of journalism has faced a trial by fire in one of the most regrettable and striking episodes in the history of the Peruvian press: the takeover of the …
Press and Political Violence (1980-1995). An Approach to Visions of Human Rights in Peru
This work offers an approach to the changes experienced in a significant part of the views on political violence — and especially regarding human rights — constructed in Peru, highlighted …
Strategy of a Malaise
A recent document by General Nicolás Hermoza puts on the table the problem of relations between the press and the Armed Forces.
Base Tokyo. The Hostage Crisis in Peru. The Bloody Summer
The takeover of the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima became from the very first moment a news story of worldwide impact, as demonstrated by the number of journalists from the …
So Close to Death. Report on a Serious Human Rights Violation in Peru
The book is divided into five chapters. The first, titled: "Human Drama in 'Alto Yurinaki'," details the political and social context of the detention, torture, and subsequent release of innocent …
Eyewitness Reports from the Killings Site
A journalist who recently returned from the scene of the massacre in the jungle of Huánuco, in the Huallaga valley, gave a harrowing account of the death and destruction caused …
Senderismo vs. Mariáteguism. The Debate Between Amauta and El Diario
In 1989, the newspaper "Amauta" noted that the ideological struggle, like no other form of struggle, cannot be separate from the war process that tends to cover the national scene. …
Shining Path. History of the Millenary War in Peru.
"Sendero. Historia de la guerra milenaria en el Perú" presents the origins of Shining Path's violence as an essential history for understanding Peru over the last 30 years. Published for …
Press, Peace, Violence and Terrorism. The Credibility Crisis of the Informers
This book is the fruit of the interest of a group of university professors and media professionals in the right to peace. The initial purpose of its authors was that …
Path of Violence. Journalistic Testimonies 1980-1989
The present work aims to recount in an objective manner the violent acts carried out by the Partido Comunista Peruano "Sendero Luminoso," with its leader Abimael Guzmán at the helm. …
Press and Subversion: A Reading of Violence in Peru
Criticism of newspaper reports and editorials is part of the natural effects that medium generates. However, beyond that general tone, in recent years a distrust toward journalistic sources of information …
The Role of Peasant Social Organizations in the Counter-Subversive Strategy: The Expreso Proposal
In all areas and aspects of national life, various social and political actors, legitimately concerned about the situation of violence that Peru is experiencing, have developed and continue to develop …
Journalism for the People and by the People.
This publication is a compilation of articles that speak in favor of Sendero Luminoso ideology in the internal armed struggle. Known in Peru as "red literature," this series of articles …
Ayacucho: The Gaucho's Wait
The first thing General Luis Cisneros Vizquerra, the current Minister of War, did upon receiving QUEHACER was to invite us for a cup of coffee and comment that the Ayacucho …