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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VRAEM: The Ambush
Previously unreported details of "Operation Camaleón" that tracked down terrorist leaders "Gabriel" and "Alipio" on Sunday the 11th. A radio communication intercepted in May of this year was the thread …
VARGAS LLOSA: THERE WERE NOT TWO SIDES
Let us examine what was said by the unjustly overlooked Nobel Prize in Literature winner. At first glance, several inconsistencies emerge: on the one hand he says there were not …
PERU: THERE WERE NOT TWO SIDES IN THE 80s, VARGAS LLOSA
He therefore stated that the museum, which will be built facing the coast of Lima, will not attribute the violence to two "sides"—terrorists on one hand and the Armed Forces …
GENOCIDE OR "VICTIMS OF THE ARMED CONFLICT"?
Calling what happened in Peru between 1980 and 2000 genocide is not politically or socially correct. We understand that State institutions avoid this term since they were partly responsible for …
Census 2001–2003. Preliminary list of disappeared persons due to the armed conflict 1980–2000
Partial alphabetical list of disappeared persons, also sorted by department, province, district, settlement, and by type of perpetrator.
Census 2006. Partial list of disappeared persons due to the armed conflict 1980–2000
Partial alphabetical list of disappeared persons, also sorted by department, province, district, settlement, and by type of perpetrator.
Census 2001–2003. Preliminary alphabetical list of persons disabled by the armed conflict 1980–2000
This list is arranged alphabetically and by department, province, district, and settlement. The origin of the disability is indicated.
Shining Path, the Madmen, the Others
The Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR) concluded, following its investigations, that between 1980 and 2000 Peru went through the most intense and prolonged process of violence in the …
The Truth Commission. Behind the Scenes
President Toledo insisted in recent days on receiving an "executive summary" of just 10 pages on the report. There were no factions among the commissioners, but it was nonetheless a …
Ombudsman's Report No. 55: The Enforced Disappearance of Persons in Peru (1980–1996)
The period of violence from the beginning of the 1980s left a high toll of victims still not precisely determined, resulting from the actions of both subversive and terrorist groups …
Hello? Bio-Bio?
The maximum-security status of the Yanamayo prison, located in Puno at 4,200 meters above sea level, was called into question this week by the 38-minute interview that MRTA member Jaime …
Peru in the Regional Crosshairs
Peru seeks to withdraw from hemispheric jurisdiction — something that has only happened before with Trinidad and Tobago. There is evident concern. "Peru has been given a reasonable timeframe to …
Who Are the Chileans in the MRTA?
The official account of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' request for a new trial — not for their release — for Chilean MRTA terrorists naturally caused displeasure; although those …