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.
The 1993 National Census revealed significant demographic changes in Peru, showing that more than 50% of the country's total population was predominantly urban. Metropolitan Lima concentrated almost a third of the national population with 28.4% compared to 9.4% in 1940. The census recorded that Metropolitan Lima was home to 6,434,323 …
As part of their campaign called 'Fight against hunger', MRTA commandos captured nine trucks loaded with various basic necessities. The captured products were later distributed among the population of young villages. This action was part of the MRTA operations during December 1985, month in which they also carried out other …
Decree Law No. 22612 was promulgated on July 25, 1979 by the Peruvian government as part of a new state policy towards human settlements and shantytowns. This measure took place in a context of demobilization of the popular movement after the failure of the strike called in January 1979. The …
The strike of May 22 and 23, 1978 demonstrated the strength and importance of the neighborhood movement in Lima, with a much more organized participation than in the previous strike of 1977. The northern, southern and eastern zones of Lima became battlefields during these two days. This mobilization crystallized the …
The military regime that governed Peru between 1968 and 1980 was a key period in the reconfiguration of Metropolitan Lima and the country. During this period, especially during the first military government of Velasco, important demographic changes took place that generated new population contingents that became social actors. The regime …
The processes of urbanization and modernization of Metropolitan Lima can be explained in relation to the demographic changes experienced by the country since the middle of the twentieth century, which generated new population contingents that became social actors, especially during the first Belaunde government (1963-1968) and the military regime (1968-1980), …
The invasion of El Agustino occurred in 1947, as part of the first wave of slum formation in Metropolitan Lima. This process began with the invasion of San Cosme hill in 1946, followed months later by that of San Pedro, and the following year by that of El Agustino. These …
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