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.
Under pressure from the murders in CAT Quisuni, in a very firm statement, the Ayaviri Prelature distances itself from the land seizures, affirming its rejection of any act of violence and calling for the land problem to be solved through dialogue and democracy. The Prelature also disassociates itself from responsibilities, …
In the CENECAMP meeting room in Lima, a group of managers and workers from associative companies met with the Vice-Minister of Agriculture. The business representatives presented their views on the land takeovers, arguing that they were causing the destruction of the Puna cattle industry. They denounced the superficiality of the …
A FDCP commission met with Minister of Agriculture Remigio Morales Bermúdez to discuss the May 19 land seizures. The government agreed to form a commission with the capacity to make decisions with the participation of communities and feudatarios, expressly excluding the managers. It also agreed to legalize the seizures and …
The IV Board of Directors of the FDCP called for a day of mass mobilization to take land and establish communal enterprises. Thousands of community members from all over the department marched towards the land they claimed as their own. The mobilization was concentrated mainly in Melgar, Azángaro and Carabaya. …
During the process of land seizures in the department of Puno, 300 peasants were arrested in the towns of Ayaviri and Azángaro. This event occurred in the context of a massive land occupation where approximately 12,000 peasant families occupied some 100,000 hectares in six provinces: Azángaro, Melgar, Carabaya, Huancané, Lampa …
During the peasant mobilizations for the recovery of land, there were massive detentions of peasants in the provinces of Ayaviri and Azángaro. On April 19, 1987, 300 peasants were arrested in both localities. In addition, 400 additional soldiers arrived in Azángaro as part of the control operation. These arrests occurred …
Beginning in early December, a series of marches and spontaneous land seizures began to take place in the provinces of Azángaro and Melgar. The police responded harshly to these mobilizations. Everyone in the countryside became suspicious and communities were forced to ask for guarantees and prove that their members were …
In December 1985, land seizures began, triggering one of the most important peasant mobilizations in the history of Puno, leading to a new agrarian reform. On December 13, 1985, about 4,000 peasants from the districts of Santa Rosa and Macari, led by the United Federation of Peasants of Melgar, peacefully …
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 1977, after the 1974 land seizures in the provinces of Andahuaylas and Chincheros, the land was finally in the hands of those who participated in the peasant movement. Of the 118 haciendas in Andahuaylas and Chincheros, 68 were taken simultaneously in 1974. This process was almost similar to what …
Between July and September 1974, massive land seizures took place in the province of Andahuaylas, where agrarian reform had not advanced significantly. The mobilization was led by leaders Lino Quintanilla and Julio César Mezzich, under the leadership of the Confederación Campesina del Perú (CCP). The seizures resulted in thousands of …
During 1972 and 1973 there were occupations of haciendas that resulted in the expropriation of some estates. In contrast to the northern coast, these mobilizations sought to obtain from the government the allocation of land, going beyond the legal channels of agrarian reform and radicalizing it. These actions were part …
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