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.
Valentín Paniagua is sworn in as President of the Republic. This event took place in the context of the political crisis generated by the resignation of Alberto Fujimori, who had traveled to Asia from where he announced his resignation after allegations of electoral fraud in his 2000 reelection. Paniagua's inauguration …
The collapse of the Fujimori regime was triggered by the exposure of its corrupt character. This led to the formation of a transitional government headed by the recently appointed president of the Congress of the Republic, Dr. Valentín Paniagua, who faced the most urgent challenges of the beginning of the …
Former presidential candidate Alejandro Toledo Manrique calls for a three-day mobilization called the March of the Four of His Own, in protest against the fraudulent re-election of Alberto Fujimori Fujimori. The first day passes peacefully with thousands of people mobilizing from different parts of the capital. On July 28, acts …
Alan Garcia Perez assumed the Presidency of the Republic of Peru on July 28, 1985. In his message to the nation, he stated that he would only pay for foreign debt 10% of total exports. He also proposed the creation of the Peace Commission. His cabinet was previously announced in …
The general elections of May 1980 marked the return to democracy in Peru after the military government. Acción Popular (AP) obtained a clear victory, surpassing by far the required 36%. In the Andean South, AP won a majority in the departments of Apurimac, Cuzco and Madre de Dios, except in …
The Constituent Assembly elections of June 4, 1978 were won by the APRA. In these elections, Hugo Blanco obtained a little more than half a million votes, becoming one of the most voted candidates thanks to the support of the peasantry of Cuzco. In Puno, Róger Cáceres, representative of the …
In July 1977 there was a national strike that represented the rise of social protests in the face of the serious national and international economic crisis accentuated between 1973 and 1978. This strike was one of the factors that led the Armed Forces to opt for allowing the return to …
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