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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SHINING PATH KILLS AN AUTHORITY IN VISTA ALEGRE
Shining Path: Initiator and main party responsible for the violence. Part 2
Shining Path
Peru: what remains of the Shining Path guerrilla?
Abimael and the birth of Shining Path
Place of memory, tolerance and social inclusion
Terrorism in Peru - Part I
Terrorism in Peru - Part II
Operation Victoria - Documentary
Online Terrorism: followers of Abimael Guzmán spread terrorist discourse
Island - Documentary
"Cabanino: the death express". Documentary.
Testimony of Faustina Huamán Junco
Testimony of Ramiro Niño de Guzmán
Lirio Qasa - Song
Testimony of Eugenia Quispe Sánchez
Testimony of Toribia Casa Carrasco
Testimony of Evaristo Contreras Huamán
Martyrs of Uchuraccay. Fragment of the documentary "Traces of the path"
Achka Illaki kallpanchawaraku (So much pain gave us strength and courage) - Documentary
Testimony of Víctor Sánchez Marca
Testimony of Cecilia Barrios Alarcón
Testimony of Yasmina Fuentes Tello
Testimony of Igidia Arullca Oscco
Testimony of Simeón Alarcón Santi
Willakusqaykichik kunan (I want to tell you something) - Documentary
Mamakuna (Mamá Cirila) - Documentary
Jaynapuncha Pajarin (Yesterday and tomorrow)
Warmicha (Women) - Documentary
Testimony of Eugenia Altamirano Huamán
Testimony of Juana Bustos Huamaní
War photographers. Report.
The secret life of Abimael Guzmán - First part
2012
RETABLO. MY MEMORIES
2012
RETABLO. HORNS AND CLAWS
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL OF MY MEMORIES
2012
RETABLO. LUCÍA (DETAIL)
2012
RETABLO, VENTURA CCALAMAQUI
2012
RETABLO. PASÑACHA
The secret life of Abimael Guzmán - Second part
2012
RETABLO. DETAIL 1 OF DEATH IN YERBABUENA
2012
RETABLO. LIRIO QAQA, DEEP ABYSS
2012
RETABLO. PHOTOGRAPH BY EDILBERTO JIMÉNEZ
2012
RETABLO. PHOTOGRAPH BY EDILBERTO JIMÉNEZ
2012
RETABLO. MURDER OF CHILDREN IN HUERTAHUAYCCO
Shining Path: The terror that a Peruvian must not forget. Report
The capture of the century - 20 years later. Journalistic report.
2012
RETABLO. START OF SCHOOL YEAR
2012
RETABLO. ENOUGH TORTURE
Documents 50
Peruvian Rural Youth: Between Two Paths
Following the agrarian reform (1969–1975), it has become increasingly difficult in the Peruvian case to precisely delineate a rural youth and even a rural society with a specific structure and …
The Peasantry and Shining Path
A monographic study carried out at the Faculty of Humanities of the Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Argentina, in which the author attempts to demonstrate that the armed movement led by …
Human Rights Organizations Commemorated the 15th Anniversary of the Delivery of the CVR Report
Human Rights organizations and relatives of victims of the internal conflict commemorated today, August 28, the 15th Anniversary of the delivery of the CVR report, paying a heartfelt tribute to …
Militarization of Memory
I strongly recommend the recent book by Carlos Tapia on the period of political violence and the fight against terrorism that affected the country (Tapia, Carlos 2018. Tiempos oscuros, 1983-1995. …
Final Judgment: The Verdict in the Tarata Case Marks a Fundamental Milestone in the Fight Against Terror
Yesterday, Panel A of the National Criminal Court found 10 of the 12 terrorists (the reading of Moïsés Límaco's sentence was suspended because he is outside the country, while Elizabeth …
To Combat Terror
Former terrorist leader Martha Huatay left the Ancón II prison yesterday after serving a 25-year custodial sentence, drawing the attention of various media outlets and the concern of the entire …
Shining Path at Universities: Concept and Practice of Folklore — 'New Type Art' in the Sikuris
Reflections are offered on the conception and practice of "Sendero Luminoso" regarding folklore, including sikuri ensembles. From the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist-Pensamiento Gonzalo worldview that claimed to be the ideology of the self-styled …
CNDDHH Welcomes Verdict Recognizing the Multiple Harm Suffered by Victims of the Armed Conflict
The Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH) expresses its greatest satisfaction at the ruling issued by judge Hugo Rodolfo Velásquez Zavaleta, presiding judge of the Fifth Specialized Constitutional Court of …
Political Violence in Peru 1980–2000. Shining Path Against the State and Society. An Essay in the Anthropology of Violence
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 …
IGNORED EVENTS THAT PRECEDED THE START OF THE GENOCIDAL STORM
An indispensable book for understanding the history of the Universidad Nacional San Cristobal de Huamanga and the incursion of Senderismo with the tragic consequences that are widely known. The prologue …
On Anti-Heroes and Graves
If Abimael Guzmán were to die tomorrow, the government should hand his body over to his immediate family. In the absence of living children or parents, Iparraguirre should grant power …
Does Stigma Generate Depoliticization? Participation, Stigmatization from Political Violence and Rejection of Shining Path at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
During the period of political violence that Peru experienced at the end of the 20th century, the repression of activism at several public universities was accompanied by a strong stigmatization …
Breaking a Taboo in Exchange for Reflection in Peru
Historian José Carlos Agüero raises the need for dialogue about the victims of Sendero Luminoso and their families.
LOS RENDIDOS. AN ESSENTIAL AND UNSETTLING BOOK
Critique of José Carlos Agüero's book.
Public Defense of Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict, a Reality That Cannot Be Stopped
In regions such as Ayacucho, Huánuco, Junín, Huancavelica, Apurímac, Cusco, and others where investigations stemming from the CAI are being pursued, there must be greater political and economic will to …
Oronqoy
For five years, SL took over the village of Oronqoy and turned it into a "liberated zone," renaming it Puka Llacta. The entire community was held captive because, like others, …
SHINING PATH VIOLENCE AMONG THE ASHANINKA OF THE CENTRAL JUNGLE
Interim findings of a political anthropology study on the internal war in Peru (1980–2000). Introduction. I. Some general hypotheses about violence in Peru. II. The Peruvian civil war in the …
Disappeared Asháninkas
Ignorance and disinformation are the foundations upon which a certain sector of Fujimorismo seeks to discredit the CVR, claiming it did not specifically report the mass grave apparently found in …
History of a Betrayal III
Fujimori and Montesinos's treacherous attitude cannot go unpunished, parliamentarians Adrianzén and Benítez assert. Investigate the sabotage of Abimael's capture. The counter-order from the corrupt government duo, Alberto Fujimori and Vladimiro …
Mapotoa and Yaynapango, Scenes of Another Massacre Committed by Shining Path
More than a hundred Asháninka residents were victims of a systematic massacre in Pangoa, Satipo, carried out by Sendero Luminoso in the early 1990s, according to the combined total of …
Memories from Nemesis
NOTE FROM THE FUNDACIÓN HERBERT MOROTE. One of the objectives of the Biblioteca Virtual de la Verdad y la Reconciliación Perú (1980-2000) is to make available to interested parties books …
Twenty-Five Stories Not to Forget
This collection of testimonies gathered and selected by the author during his time in Ayacucho between 1987 and 1991, in the midst of the internal armed conflict, constitutes a valuable …
Hatun Willakuy. Abbreviated Version of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation
The content of this publication is a translation of the Abbreviated Version of the Peruvian Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission first published in Spanish in February 2004. …
Everyone Against the Truth! What You Always Wanted to Know About the CVR. Who Does Not Want to Disseminate the CVR Report? Is Shining Path Re-emerging?
Maintaining his direct style, without ambiguities or artifice, Morote unmasks those who attack the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación to conceal their crimes, complicity, or silence committed during the …
Peru Begins Exhumations of the Ethnic Group That Shining Path Decimated
A forensic team has testimony of the existence of up to 160 Asháninka bodies. During two months of fieldwork in the central jungle of the department of Junín, a forensic …
Three Decades Ago Their Loved Ones Were Taken Away; Yesterday They Received Their Remains
Bones and clothing of men, women, and children killed between 1984 and 1991 by terrorists and unscrupulous military and police personnel were recovered from clandestine graves and handed over to …
Two New Mass Graves Found with Remains of the Asháninka People
In Pangoa. The native community of Unión Alto Saniveni was razed by terrorists in 1991, who murdered even children.
Ashaninka Residents of Pangoa Report Mass Grave with More Than 30 Victims
Survivors informed members of the Ministerio Público forensic team that four clandestine burials correspond to the native community of Matzuriniari, where, they say, "comrade Feliciano" was based. Meanwhile, residents of …
Remains of an Asháninka Woman Victim of Shining Path Exhumed
The Equipo Forense Especializado (EFE) visited Mapotoa and Yaynapango for a second time, on this occasion to carry out excavation work and the exhumation of the remains of Maribel María …
CONSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN'S MEMORY
1. SUMMARY. Memory is recollection — the persistent remembrance of something. Thus, based on the study of various bibliographic, pedagogical, and historical sources, as well as national and international legal …
Dispelling Myths About Movadef and Shining Path
Article with interesting information that contributes to the debate about how to analyze and process the remnants of political violence. According to the author, the fact that Movadef is part …
Mikael Winström: "The State and Shining Path Engaged in a Perverse Ritual"
Interview with Mikael Winström, director of the documentary Tempestad en los Andes (Storm in the Andes), presented at the 18th Lima Film Festival. This documentary addresses the internal war we …
History of a Betrayal II
Sendero and fujimontesinista paramilitaries flooded the country with blood from 1990 until the definitive capture of Guzmán in 1992. In the nearly two years (22 months) that elapsed between the …
Cusco: 26 Bodies of Terrorism Victims Identified
After three decades, more victims of the terrorist violence of Sendero Luminoso that bled the country continue to emerge. It was announced yesterday that the remains of twenty-six Apurimeño peasants, …
Cusco: 26 Peasant Families Were Able to Bury the Remains of Relatives Who Died in the 1980s
Twenty-six peasant families in Cusco recovered this Tuesday the remains of their loved ones who died in the 1980s in the crossfire unleashed between the armed forces and the terrorist …
The Long Agony of Edmundo Camana
The face of pain. Edmundo Camana photographed by Óscar Medrano on April 5, 1983, at the hospital in Huamanga. The man in this photo was one of the survivors of …
Shining Path and the Eradication of Polio in Peru
The presence of SL represented an obstacle to the eradication of polio by diverting state resources and undermining the authority of local officials who might have supported vaccination efforts. However, …
A Path That Is Far From Luminous
Following the capture of the Shining Path's leadership in 1992, there have been several processes of rupture and division within Sendero Luminoso, the main one splitting the organization into two …
The Violent 'Comrade Olga' Would Assume Military Leadership of the Shining Path Faction in the VRAEM
A survivor of the ambush at Tintay Puncu, in which 13 soldiers and 2 civilians were killed, states that he saw "Olga" order Senderista children to strip the weapons from …
The 4 Lives of Lurgio Gavilán
He was a terrorist, a soldier, a Franciscan novice, and today he is an anthropologist. Lurgio Gavilan speaks about his autobiography published under the title "Memorias de un soldado desconocido. …
What Will Happen to Shining Path Leaders When They Finish Their Sentences?
A discussion that has not yet been seriously addressed by the authorities, since the capture of the leadership of Sendero Luminoso in 1992, is what to do in light of …
El Frontón Goes to Trial: The Prosecutor's Office Filed the Charges
One of the bloodiest and at the same time most emblematic events of human rights violations in Peru is the case of the El Frontón massacre, carried out on June …
Life Sentence for 'Artemio', the Last Shining Path Leader to Be Captured
Last Wednesday, June 5, in his statement before a tribunal scheduled the reading of the sentence, the last member of the Central Committee of the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso, Florindo …
The Terror That Does Not End
One of the things that most strikes visitors to the Asháninka communities along the Ene and Tambo rivers affected by the internal armed conflict is the pervasive sense of fear …
Victimology of the Peruvian Andes from the Phenomenon of Political Violence in Peru
CHAPTER I METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK CHAPTER III HYPOTHESES, VARIABLES AND INDICATORS AND THEIR OPERATIONALIZATION CHAPTER IV DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESEARCH HYPOTHESES, VARIABLES AND INDICATORS CHAPTER V TESTING …
Shining Path, a Cocaine Army
Peru is the new cradle of drug trafficking; this is reflected in the latest report of the Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), which was produced by the governments of the …
19 Mass Graves Hold the Remains of 56 Civilians in the Heights of Chungui
For 10 days, La República accompanied a team of archaeologists and forensic experts from the Ministerio Público on their journey through the remote areas of the region known as Oreja …
Huancavelica: Remains of the Disappeared Are Handed Over After 22 Years
According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, the victims were tortured by Sendero Luminoso. The bereaved last saw their disappeared relatives in 1989.