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.
Gender workshop held in Satipo to discuss the consequences of the internal armed conflict in the community. Participants expressed concern about the increase in common crime in the area, including robberies and threats. Specific mention was made of the difficulty in capturing common criminals despite being in talks with the …
In April 2002, Paraíso was officially designated as a minor town. This administrative recognition came decades after its initial colonization between 1969 and 1973, and after years of violence related to drug trafficking and the presence of the Shining Path. Paraíso had experienced an unexpected burst of drug trafficking in …
Alberto Andrade was reelected Mayor of Metropolitan Lima on October 13, 1998. This reelection took place in a context of declining subversive violence in the capital, following the capture of Abimael Guzmán in 1992 and the weakening of the PCP-SL and MRTA. Andrade had been elected mayor for the first …
A military base that had been installed in Uchuraccay to provide security for families returning to the community after displacement caused by violence was removed in March 1997. This military base had remained in the village since the return of the first displaced people in October 1993, providing the security …
Alberto Andrade was elected Mayor of Lima in November 1995, in a context following the capture of Abimael Guzmán in 1992 and during the period of declining subversive violence in the capital. His election followed Alberto Fujimori's presidential reelection in April 1995. Andrade would later be reelected as Mayor of …
Beginning in 1995, land and river transit began to be regularized, which had been interrupted for several years due to the internal armed conflict. This transit normalization process took place in the context of the return of displaced families to their original communities in the central jungle, a process that …
Beginning in 1995, the majority of displaced families began to return to the sites of their original communities in the central jungle. The return process had officially begun on September 17, 1994, as part of a campaign promoted by the government and the Armed Forces. However, many of those who …
On September 17, 1994, the process of returning displaced families in the central jungle officially began as part of a campaign promoted by the government and the Armed Forces. However, it was not until 1995 that the majority of displaced families began to return to their original communities. Many had …
In 1994, CART (Central Asháninka del Río Tambo) was reactivated after years of violence in the Central Jungle. This indigenous organization managed to reorganize and held its VII Congress that year. The reactivation of CART was part of a broader process of restructuring of indigenous organizations that began to function …
On October 10, 1993, with the decrease of subversive action in the area, a group of twenty-four families supported by the Peruvian National Evangelical Council (CONEP) returned to Uchuraccay after years of forced displacement. Due to military reasons and to get away from the 'bad memories', the returnees decided to …
In 1993, after years of violence and confrontations, the communities began to reincorporate into society and resume their normal activities. A Huallhua informant, interviewed in Chungui, Ayacucho, relates how in that year they were able to return to work in peace. Later, in 1995, they formed a committee to organize …
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