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.
Between May 13 and 25, 1989, the main column of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso began a military campaign in the provinces of Azángaro and Melgar, in the department of Puno. This campaign was part of the PCP-SL's expansion strategy in the high provinces of the southern Andes, in a context where …
On December 5, 1988, a column of the Shining Path PCP took the town of Haquira in the province of Cotabambas, Apurimac. During this raid, the subversive group murdered two local villagers, two French aid workers and a Peruvian technician. The foreign victims and the Peruvian technician worked for the …
On June 13, 1988, the province of Cotabambas was declared in a state of emergency, becoming the first province in the southern Andean region to receive this declaration. This measure was intended to counteract the control that the Shining Path PCP had managed to establish in the area through the …
The province of Cotabambas was declared an emergency zone for 30 days. It was the first province in the southern Andean region, besides Andahuaylas, to be declared in emergency, demonstrating the seriousness of the situation of violence in the area.
In June 1986, the Shining Path PCP assassinated a councilman and a community leader in the district of Layo, province of Canas, department of Cusco. This took place in the context of the expansion of subversive violence into the highland provinces of the southern Andes. The assassinations were part of …
On April 28, 1986, peasants were murdered in Usnuyoc, province of Acomayo, department of Cuzco. This occurred during the period of expanding violence in the southern Andes (1984-1988), when the internal armed conflict was beginning to intensify in the provinces of Cuzco. The province of Acomayo was one of the …
In February 1985, a sergeant of the Republican Guard was murdered in Chiaraje, located in the highlands of Canas, department of Cusco. This assassination occurred in the context of the expansion of PCP-Sendero Luminoso violence into the southern Andes. The event occurred shortly after the first assault on a police …
The 1981 census recorded the population of three departments in the southern Peruvian Andes: Apurímac with 323,346 inhabitants, Cuzco with 716,369 inhabitants and Puno with 701,026 inhabitants. This census served as a baseline to measure population growth until the next census in 1993. The data revealed that Apurimac was considered …
On June 24, 1969, the government of the Armed Forces enacted the Agrarian Reform Law, which expropriated the agro-industrial complexes, thus initiating a process of radical changes. Different forms of cooperative and associative ownership were established, including the Agrarian Production Cooperatives (CAPs), the Agricultural Societies of Social Interest (SAIS), the …
On June 24, 1969, the government of the Armed Forces enacted the Agrarian Reform Law, which expropriated the agro-industrial complexes, initiating a process of radical changes in the land ownership structure. Different forms of cooperative and associative property were established, where the Agrarian Production Cooperatives (CAPs), the Agricultural Societies of …
A third period, between 1945 and 1980, is that of growing urbanization and the decline of large landowners and the gamonal society, which reached its peak with the implementation of the agrarian reform of 1969 during the government of General Juan Velasco Alvarado. This process radically transformed the social structure …
The Anta revolt in 1930 was part of a series of peasant uprisings that occurred in Cuzco and Puno at the beginning of the 20th century. This period, between 1885 and 1930, was characterized by the expansion of the commercial houses of Arequipa and the haciendas of Cuzco and Puno, …
The second great historical moment of the Andean South was characterized by attempts at capitalist modernization based on the introduction of technical improvements and the proletarianization of the peasants. This period is framed between two historical moments: after the expansion of the commercial houses of Arequipa and the haciendas of …
At the beginning of the 20th century, a series of peasant revolts took place in Cuzco and Puno. Among these revolts were those of Canas and Espinar that occurred in 1921, 1923 and 1930. These mobilizations were part of a period characterized by the expansion of the commercial houses of …
The uprising of Major Teodomiro Gutiérrez Cuevas, who adopted the name of Rumi Maqui, was the most famous peasant mobilization of the early 20th century in the southern Andes. He took up arms in the province of Azángaro in 1915, in the context of a series of revolts that took …
At the beginning of the 20th century, a series of revolts took place in Cuzco and Puno, with the Azángaro revolts being particularly significant. These revolts were part of a period characterized by the expansion of the commercial houses of Arequipa and the haciendas of Cuzco and Puno, whose base …
First great historical moment of the Andean South characterized by the expansion of the commercial houses of the city of Arequipa and the haciendas of Cuzco and Puno. This period was based on the extensive exploitation of pastures, cattle and shepherds in the interior of the region. It represented a …
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