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.
After 104 days of strike, teachers returned to the classroom on August 23. The SUTEP (Sindicato Unitario de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú) strike began in May 1991 and lasted more than three months. During the conflict, the government declared a state of emergency in the education sector to …
Government workers went on strike in several sectors including Social Security, the Judicial Branch, the Attorney General's Office and the Ministry of Transportation. In the private sector, miners carried out staggered strikes. The workers of the country's potable water services and the public workers grouped in the CITE also went …
On October 16, 1989, a police strike took place in Peru. This event occurred in a complex political context, during the government of Alan Garcia Perez, marked by intense political violence and preparations for the general elections. The police strike took place a few days after the closing of registration …
On October 13, 1988, a national strike was called in the context of a serious economic crisis affecting the country. This strike was one of several carried out during 1988, a year in which the monetary devaluation accelerated, generating higher inflation and a fall in workers' real income. In September …
On November 29, 1984, a national strike was called by the General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP) and the National Unitary Command of Struggle (Comando Nacional Unitario de Lucha). This strike took place in a context of intense political violence and escalation of the internal armed conflict in the country. …
During April 1984, a transportation workers' strike in Peru lasted 48 hours. This strike took place in a context of multiple social mobilizations that characterized that period, including strikes by the medical union and municipal workers. The transport workers' strike was part of a wave of labor protests that affected …
The medical union began an indefinite strike in April 1984, which lasted two weeks. This mobilization was framed in a context of multiple labor and social protests that characterized that period in Peru. The medical strike coincided temporarily with other mobilizations, such as the 48-hour transport workers' strike and the …
Gelacio Bernardo Mendoza, leader of the National Federation of Miners, Metalworkers and Steelworkers of Peru (FNTMMP), was assassinated on March 24, 1983 in Huanzalá, Pasco. His death occurred when the Civil Guard repressed a workers' protest. This assassination occurred in the context of the national strike and labor protests of …
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