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.
Alberto Fujimori won his presidential re-election on April 9, 1995. This reelection occurs in a context of declining subversive violence after the capture of Abimael Guzmán in 1992 and the weakening of the PCP-SL and MRTA. Fujimori's electoral triumph comes after the implementation of counter-subversive policies and anti-terrorist legislation that …
Alfonso de los Heros Pérez-Albela was appointed as the new president of the Council of Ministers during November 1991. This appointment took place in a context of growing tension between the Executive and the Congress, particularly due to the issuance of 126 legislative decrees by the government. The new cabinet …
The government issues the Peace Council law which regulates the functioning of this body created in June and composed "by the living forces of the country". This law establishes the legal framework for the operation of the Peace Council, an entity that had been created the previous month with the …
The heads of the portfolios of Foreign Affairs (Vice Admiral AP (r) Raúl Sánchez Sotomayor), Transportation (Jaime Yoshiyama Tanaka) and Fisheries (Canal Torres) are sworn in before President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori. This ministerial change is part of the Executive's decisions during the first year of Fujimori's government. The swearing-in took …
Alberto Fujimori wins the presidential elections with 62% of the votes. This electoral triumph occurred in a context of serious economic crisis, generalized political violence and the growing presence of subversive groups in Metropolitan Lima. The elections took place when the PCP-SL and the MRTA intensified their actions in the …
The presidential candidate of Izquierda Unida (IU), Henry Pease García-Yrigoyen, together with the head of the government plan, Javier Iguiñiz, presented the general outlines of the IU government plan for the period 1990-1995. This presentation took place within the framework of the electoral campaign for the general elections to be …
The Executive Branch called for an extraordinary session of Congress, which took place from January 5 to 19, 1990. The main objective of this extraordinary session was to debate and approve bills related to the country's decentralization process. This call was made in a complex political context, during the last …
Mario Vargas Llosa, FREDEMO's presidential candidate, publicly raised the possibility of initiating a residency trial against President Alan Garcia Perez once his presidential term was over. This proposal is framed in the context of the 1989-1990 electoral campaign and reflects the opposition's criticism of the Aprista government's administration. Residency trial …
On October 10, 1989, the deadline for the registration of candidates for the presidential elections in Peru was October 10, 1989. A total of ten presidential candidates were registered. Among the most prominent candidates were Mario Vargas Llosa for FREDEMO, Luis Alva Castro for PAP, Henry Pease García-Yrigoyen for IU …
President Alan Garcia Perez and Luis Alva Castro, secretary general of the PAP, met to discuss the relations that should exist between the government and the APRA party. This meeting took place in a context of political tension, just three weeks after Alva Castro was elected as the new secretary …
On November 30, 1988, after several altercations, the new National Directive Committee (CDN) of Izquierda Unida (IU) was finally installed under the presidency of Senator Jorge del Prado Chávez. This event took place in the context of the I National Congress of IU that had been held on January 20 …
Senator Enrique Bernales Ballesteros, on behalf of the Special Commission on Pacification, which he chairs, presented a detailed report to the Senate on the problem of subversion in Peru. The report analyzes the causes of the subversive phenomenon from the social, political and economic angles. Bernales presents recommendations to put …
In September 1988, a cabinet reshuffle took place in the government of Alan Garcia Perez. This ministerial change took place in a context of serious economic crisis, with food shortages that had generated strong public protests days before. On September 8, Minister Abel Salinas Eyzaguirre announced the government's decision to …
The proposals of President Alan Garcia Perez on changes in the legislation to combat terrorism were admitted for debate in the Chamber of Deputies and sent to commissions for prior analysis before their approval. These proposals regulated the procedure for police investigation, instruction and trial of crimes committed for subversive …
The presentation of the ministerial cabinet headed by Premier Guillermo Larco Cox in the Chamber of Deputies ended on April 29. This presentation was extended for three days of discussions and imputations. On April 26, the entire ministerial team headed by Larco Cox had been presented before Congress. Previously, on …
On April 26, 1988, the entire ministerial team headed by Prime Minister Guillermo Larco Cox was presented before Congress. This presentation was made after Larco Cox had appeared in the Chamber of Deputies on April 13 before an audience made up only of representatives of the APRA bench, due to …
Carlos Blancas Bustamante resigned as Minister of Justice during the administration of Alan García Pérez. The resignation took place in a complex political context, during the month of February 1988. This ministerial change occurred in the midst of debates on the nationalization of the banking system and the regionalization of …
The Executive Power called an extraordinary legislature to deal with the interpretation of two articles of the law for the nationalization of the banking system and the regionalization of the country. This call was made on January 20, 1988, in a political context marked by the controversy over the nationalization …
President Alan García Pérez announced the government's intention to dissolve the National System of Popular Cooperation (COOPOP). The decision was motivated by facts of immorality and corruption detected in this institution. This announcement was made in the context of an extraordinary legislature called to evaluate the law for the nationalization …
On October 2, 1987, Alberto Vera La Rosa, an APRA militant, was sworn in as Minister of Industry, Tourism, Commerce and Integration in the government of President Alan Garcia Perez. This appointment followed the resignation of Manuel Romero Caro as Minister of Industry and Tourism in September of the same …
Manuel Romero Caro resigned from the Ministry of Industry and Tourism in September 1987. His resignation took place in a political context marked by the controversy generated by the nationalization of the banking system proposed by President Alan García Pérez in July of that year. The position was subsequently assumed …
In 1987, Patria Roja experienced its second split when its Bolshevik faction decided to move away from the official party line. This split was due to ideological differences, with the Bolshevik faction adopting a discourse closer to the PCP-SL. The split affected the political work that Patria Roja was developing …
On November 9, municipal elections were held throughout the country. President Alan Garcia Perez described the IU as the 'second majority'. The official results in Lima were: Jorge del Castillo Gálvez (PAP) obtained 37.6%, Alfonso Barrantes Lingán (IU) obtained 34.8%, and Luis Bedoya Reyes (PPC) obtained 26.9%. However, the official …
The government formally called for the 1985 General Elections, establishing April 14 as the date. This decision caused disagreements on the part of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP). The elections took place in the midst of the terrorist actions of the PCP-SL and the MRTA, who developed anti-electoral campaigns aimed …
President Fernando Belaunde Terry denounced that Peru was the focus of an international conspiracy. This denouncement included accusations about the narcotics trade and the importation of counterfeit money in favor of terrorism. The statement was made in a context of escalating terrorist violence in the country. This allegation was part …
Alvaro Rey de Castro was provisionally appointed to a governmental position on May 8, 1984. This appointment was made as a replacement for another authority who left his post. The political context at the time included the presentation of Premier Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe before Congress to present his government plan. …
Premier Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe appeared before the Congress of the Republic to present his government plan. This presentation was made in the context of the political and social crisis that the country was going through during the government of Fernando Belaunde Terry. Mariátegui Chiappe had assumed the Foreign Affairs portfolio …
A Congress of the Acción Popular (AP) party was held, in which the current led by Javier Alva Orlandini won. This internal political event of the governing party took place in a context of political and economic crisis, as well as the intensification of subversive violence in the country. The …
On February 26, 1984, former Minister of Economy Manuel Ulloas Elías publicly accepted his presidential pre-candidacy. In accepting the nomination, Ulloas Elías committed himself to hold a polemic with the general secretary of Acción Popular (AP), Javier Alva Orlandini. This announcement took place in the context of the preparations for …
Alfonso Barrantes Lingán, candidate of Izquierda Unida (IU), became mayor of Lima in January 1984. This was the result of the municipal elections held on November 13, 1983, in which IU won the victory in Lima. Barrantes' inauguration marked an important political milestone, being the first time that the unified …
In 1984, the MRTA and the MIR-VR formed an alliance to establish a Guerrilla Front in the department of San Martin, Peru. This front was commanded by a Regional Directorate in charge of developing the political and military struggle, organizing and making the local population aware of the armed struggle. …
On December 1, 1983, the Minister of Economy appeared before the Chamber of Deputies. This appearance took place in the context of a serious national economic crisis, where the government was facing criticism for its management of the economy and the foreign debt negotiations. Minister Carlos Rodríguez Pastor had been …
On August 15, 1983, changes were announced in the ministerial cabinet of Fernando Belaunde Terry's government. Patricio Ricketts Rey de Castro left the Ministry of Labor to become Minister of Education. Joaquín Leguía assumed the Labor portfolio replacing Ricketts. These changes took place in a context of confrontations between the …
On June 27, 1983, the resignation of the Minister of Labor, Alfonso Grados Bertorini, during the government of Fernando Belaunde Terry, was confirmed. Later, in August of the same year, it was announced that Patricio Ricketts Rey de Castro was leaving the Ministry of Labor to move to the Ministry …
On August 3, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, historical leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party, died. His death generates a succession crisis in the PAP, making explicit two currents within the party: a parliamentary conservative liberalism and a reformist corporativism. His death marks a crucial moment in Peruvian political …
When Belaunde assumed the presidency of the republic in 1963, he promised to carry out a broad and resolute agrarian reform. However, the APRA-UNO opposition systematically put the brakes on this reform, achieving, by means of a statute of exception, that Law No. 15037 of May 19, 1964 did not …
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Text that presents and summarizes the research. "The elaboration of the book La violencia política en el Perú 1980-2000. Sendero Luminoso contra el Estado y la sociedad (Paris, L'Harmattan, May …
A change of judge in the final stage of the trial of Daniel Urresti for the Bustíos case adds to a list of questionable episodes. October 6, 2016.
On the eve of his first 100 days in office, PPK faces the challenge of putting the agenda back on the table. The most immediate change in the presidential office …
On the 20th anniversary of the capture of the founder and absolute leader of Sendero Luminoso, Abimael Guzmán, the Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL) and the newspaper La República organized …
Interviews with Germán Martinelli, provincial mayor of Ayacucho, and Edgar Olivares, mayor of Sacsamarca / Regional Analysis: The scenarios of regional discontent / Report: The faces of the cold in …
Interviews with Alberto Adrianzén, political analyst, and Marco Cabrera, Director of Social Development of the Ayacucho Regional Government / Regional Analysis: The VRAE and the dilemmas of decentralization / Photo …
Interviews with Waldo Mendoza, Economist, president of CIES, and Flor Pérez, mayor of Acos Vinchos (Ayacucho) / Regional Analysis: Distant relations, Ayacucho and the Executive Branch / Photo report: The …
Interviews with Enrique Vásquez, economist, and María Torrealva, Regional Director of Health, Ayacucho / Regional Analysis: Regional movements and candidates for 2010 / Report: After Santillana, the new faces of …
A recent and very interesting, though little-noticed, opinion was that of Vice President Luis Giampietri when, amid another episode of his crusade against NGOs, the press, and the CVR, he …
This commentary attempts to show the importance of approaching the history of the period corresponding to the presidency of Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), based on a critical review of the book …
Interviews with Andrés Solari Andrade, Coordinator of the Mesa de Concertación para la Lucha Contra la Pobreza of Ayacucho, and José Manuel Córdova Ramos, President of the Superior Court of …
Interviews with Elena Conterno, Minister of Production; Juan Pacheco, president of the Wari commonwealth, and Jefrey Gamarra, anthropologist, who speaks about Velasquismo in Ayacucho / Regional Analysis: Military operations and …
The acts of violence that took place in Peru between 1980 and 2000 have caused serious effects and lasting consequences for Peruvian society. "Consequences" (secuelas), according to the CVR, are …
This work is the product of observations, notes, reflections, studies, and analyses carried out over several years on the subject of political violence in Peru, which reached its peak during …
Photographs are bearers of truth and simultaneously reveal reality: this is the political and ideological position adopted by the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación del Perú (CVR) in constructing …
The year 2006 was an electoral year, and from the ballot boxes emerged new voices and new faces that need to be defined. In that sense, we will surely find …
An interview with political scientist Carlos Iván Degregori. Published in the September/October 2005 edition of the magazine QUEHACER.
After entering university in 1994, I began conducting research into the reality of my own people and district; based on data collection and the systematization of experiences, the problems were …
The book analyzes the myths, prejudices, customs, and institutions of Peru to argue that the loss of values in its corrupt society has led the country to ruin. Although written …
Chronology 1978-2000 - Year summary - Politics - Social movements - Politically motivated violence - Economy - Foreign affairs
Chronology 1978-2000 - Year summary - Politics - Social movements - Politically motivated violence - Economy - Foreign affairs
Weekly report (March–December 2003) on reactions to the CVR's final report and progress regarding its recommendations. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) delivered its Final Report to the three branches …
After 12 years of military dictatorship, in 1980, and following the approval of a new Political Constitution, the population awaited the return to democracy with great expectation. However, on the …
"The rapid collapse of Alberto Fujimori's regime in Peru during the second half of 2000 has provided abundant and substantial raw material for social and political analysis. An event of …
Publication gathering articles by prominent Peruvian political analysts. The topics addressed in this special issue are: THE POLITICAL MODEL by Cesar Arias Quincot and others; THE ARMED FORCES by Enrique …
"The unresolved governance problems faced over the last two decades by both democratic and authoritarian governments in the areas of economic policy, subversion, respect for human rights, and legal and …
This paper argues that Sendero Luminoso's ideological promotion of political violence is attractive to some disenfranchised individuals whose aspirations are unsatisfied by their achievements. However, it does not assert that …
On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos decided to organize a meeting dedicated to analyzing the economic, social, political, and cultural changes that Peru has …
"The text analyzes Peru as an exemplary case of the severity of the decomposition and transformations underway, in circumstances in which attempts to constitute a national society and State have …
The present book by the French Peruvianist Roland Forgues, "Perú, Entre el desafío de la violencia y el sueño de lo posible" (Peru, Between the Challenge of Violence and the …
Through the epistolary device, as a communication between a Peruvian mother and her teenage daughter, a generational contrast is formulated between those who, like the author, were young in the …
When, on the night of his capture, Abimael Guzmán, leader of Sendero Luminoso, came face to face with General Antonio Vidal, head of Peru's elite anti-terrorism police (DIRCOTE), he apparently …
This book aims to clarify the military reality of Sendero, evaluated from a professional standpoint. The product of a careful study of the conflict situation and of the doctrinal aspects …
The author was born in London. He was foreign correspondent for the BBC and The Independent in Ecuador and Peru in 1988. This book is based on hundreds of interviews …
The book discusses the connections between the way the Peruvian state operates and the subversive acts that stained Peruvian territory with blood. It addresses the way in which a certain …
This document has not yet been digitized in the BVVR. It can be consulted in person at the library of the Centro de Estudios y Promoción de Desarrollo, DESCO, in …
This is a work that contains a profound and reflective message that deserves full consideration. It contains the bleeding truth of our homeland, in which the people are the permanent …
To what extent are the actions of Sendero Luminoso cornering the Peruvian left, to the point of bewildering it? What logic should be used to understand Sendero Luminoso? What are …