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 second congress of the Departmental Federation of Puno Peasants (FDCP) was held in September 1983. At this congress, drought and land scarcity dominated the agenda. Although official documents maintained the idea of a 'concerted restructuring' of the land, in practice land seizures 'were the order of the day'. This …
In the Chamber of Deputies, five parliamentarians from the department of Puno went on hunger strike during August 1983. This protest measure took place in the context of a 48-hour strike that had begun in Puno to demand economic aid to confront the emergency created by the drought affecting the …
In August 1983, a 48-hour strike began in Puno to demand economic aid to confront the emergency created by the drought. In response to this social mobilization, five parliamentarians from the department of Puno went on hunger strike in the Chamber of Deputies. The strike was a protest measure against …
Between the 1950s and 1960s, the Puna highlands experienced a particularly strong combination of droughts and floods. The 1960 floods were part of a cycle of natural disasters that included the droughts of 1955-56, 1957 and 1964, and the floods of 1960, 1962 and 1963. These extreme weather events generated …
The "great drought" of 1956-1961 in the Puna highlands generated significant emigration to urban areas such as Arequipa. Between the mid-1950s and the mid-1960s, the percentage of Puno residents in the slums of Arequipa increased from 12.9% to 39.08%, reaching 41.41% in 1971. The population of the city of Puno …
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