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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  1. Alberto Fujimori's coup d'état

    On April 5, 1992, Alberto Fujimori executed a coup d'état. On April 6, union leaders of SUTEP and CGTP rejected and condemned the coup. The union premises remained surrounded by military and police. Days later, a leader denounced the disappearance of Olmedo Auris, who was forcibly removed from the union …

    Lima, Lima, Perú Informe CVR, página 1256
  2. Balance of the teachers' strike of 1991

    On August 22, 1991, the long teachers' strike was suspended. According to the newspaper La República, 2,000 teachers were arrested, twenty disappeared and 15 were murdered. The SUTEP Human Rights Secretariat attributed the deaths, which occurred in towns in a state of emergency, to the PCP-SL (5), paramilitary forces (4), …

    Perú Informe CVR, páginas 1253-1254
  3. March of SUTEP leaders to Government Palace

    On May 30, 1991, the leaders of SUTEP (Sindicato Único de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú), accompanied by three parliamentarians and other union members, marched across Lima's Plaza de Armas towards the Government Palace. The objective of the march was to request an audience with the wife of President …

    Plaza de Armas de Lima, camino a Palacio de Gobierno, Lima, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 361-363
  4. Detention of seven teachers by the Peruvian Army in Ayacucho

    On May 17, 1991, seven teachers were arrested by the Peruvian Army in the province of Ayacucho. This arrest occurred in the context of the teachers' strike that began on May 8, 1991, whose repression resulted in the temporary arrest of 2,000 teachers, twenty disappearances and 14 murders. The teachers …

    Provincia de Ayacucho, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 363
  5. Start of SUTEP teachers' strike

    The World Confederation of Organizations of Professional Teachers (CMOPE) alleges a series of murders, arrests and acts of violence against teachers who were members of the Single Union of Education Workers of Peru (SUTEP) since the beginning of the strike on May 8, 1991. The repression of this strike resulted …

    Perú Informe CVR, página 362-363
  6. SUTEP teachers strike

    On May 8, 1991, a strike of 260,000 state teachers affiliated to SUTEP began under the leadership of Secretary General Jose Ramos Bosmediano. The strike was a protest against the low salaries of teachers and the union was demanding a general salary increase from the government. During the strike, the …

    Perú Informe CVR, páginas 1252-1254
  7. Indefinite strike by SUTEP, health and university workers

    In May 1991, an indefinite strike of SUTEP (Sindicato Unitario de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú) began, together with health workers and national university workers. The strike lasted several months, significantly affecting the country's education sector. The government declared a state of emergency in the education sector in July …

    Perú Informe CVR, páginas 196, 198, 201
  8. SUTEP and health care workers strike

    In May 1991, an indefinite strike of SUTEP (Sindicato Unitario de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú), health workers and national university workers began. The strike continued during June 1991, while the government maintained its position. In July, faced with the continuation of the SUTEP strike, the government declared a …

    Perú Informe CVR, páginas 196-202
  9. Labor protests in Lima

    On March 21, 1991, Lima endured one of the most agitated labor days of the period. Protests were sparked by multiple sectors on strike simultaneously, including nurses, Ministry of Health workers, members of the CITE (Confederación Intersectorial de Trabajadores Estatales), the Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Universitarios del Perú (FENTUP) and …

    Lima, Perú Informe CVR, página 194
  10. Murder of Alcides Palomino Aronés

    In the early morning of December 10, 1989, a group of individuals dressed in military uniform assassinated the secretary general of SUTEP Ayacucho, Alcides Palomino Aronés. The victim was shot in the head and stabbed eight times. The PCP-SL (Shining Path) claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that it was …

    Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 172
  11. Death of Alcides Palomino Aronés

    Alcides Palomino Aronés, leader of SUTEP (Sindicato Único de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú), was assassinated on December 10, 1989 in Ayacucho. According to the report, the perpetrator was allegedly a military patrol. This murder took place in a context of systematic violence against union and social leaders during …

    Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 362
  12. Approval of teacher's law regulations

    The government approved the regulation of the teacher's law during the government of Fernando Belaunde Terry. This regulation established several aspects related to the rights of teachers in the country. Among the most important aspects, the regulation stated that teachers have the right to free unionization. This measure took place …

    Perú Informe CVR, página 104
  13. Death of Patrocinio Quicha Espinoza and other SUTEP leaders

    Patrocinio Quicha Espinoza, Hernán Gutiérrez Araujo, Virgilio Huaranca and Estilo Ayala, all members of SUTEP (Sindicato Único de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú), were victims of violence on May 26, 1983. This event is part of a series of deaths and disappearances of union leaders and workers during the …

    Perú Informe CVR, página 361-362
  14. Death of Patrocinio Quicha Espinoza et al.

    Patrocinio Quicha Espinoza, Hernán Gutiérrez Araujo, Virgilio Huaranca and Estilo Ayala, all members of SUTEP (Sindicato Único de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú), were killed between April 10 and 14, 1983 in the towns of Cangallo and Huamanga. These events occurred in the context of the repression against union …

    Cangallo y Huamanga, Ayacucho, Perú Informe CVR, página 361-362
  15. Longest teachers' strike in Peruvian history - 118 days

    In 1979, the longest teachers' strike in Peruvian history took place: 118 days. It was motivated by the non-fulfillment of government promises from the previous strike. The government's repressive response implied the recess of several educational centers and the refusal to engage in dialogue with the SUTEP leadership, which was …

    Perú Informe CVR, páginas 1222-1223
  16. SUTEP teachers' strike

    SUTEP begins an indefinite national strike that would last until July. On July 27, after eighty days of strike, the government finally agreed to meet the teachers' union's demands. The strike was one of the most important mobilizations in the education sector during this period.

    Perú Informe CVR, páginas 4704, 4706
  17. 80-day teachers' strike

    In 1978 there was a teachers' strike that lasted eighty days. The union demanded a general salary increase of 100% (frozen since 1965), reinstatement of teachers subrogated and transferred in retaliation for their participation in union activities, and legal recognition of SUTEP. The reaction of the State was manifested in …

    Perú Informe CVR, página 1222
  18. Formation of SUTEP - Sindicato Único de Trabajadores de la Educación del Perú (Peruvian Education Workers' Union)

    In the 1972 Congress, held in Cuzco, it was agreed to change the name of the former FENEP to SUTEP and to abandon the old division based on educational levels. The unification of the teachers' union met with some opposition, especially from the PAP. The PCP Patria Roja allied with …

    Cuzco, Perú Informe CVR, páginas 1218-1220

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