The alleged crimes of aggravated homicide in the form of murder with ferocity and by explosion, for which 35 former naval officers are being prosecuted in the El Frontón Case, …
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60 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
Maintaining his direct style, without ambiguities or artifice, Morote unmasks those who attack the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación to conceal their crimes, complicity, or silence committed during the …
One of the things that most strikes visitors to the Asháninka communities along the Ene and Tambo rivers affected by the internal armed conflict is the pervasive sense of fear …
One of the most striking things when arriving at the Asháninka communities along the Ene and Tambo rivers that were affected by the internal armed conflict is the sense of …
Now that it has been 10 years since the presentation of the final report of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR), and given that there are interests seeking …
Martha Páez has lived in exile in Sweden since 1989. Every year she returns to Peru to check on the progress of the judicial process concerning her son's murder and …
This list is an annex to the book "Regional plan for anthropological-forensic investigations in Ayacucho. Research strategies and general guidelines," which can be consulted in the BVVR.
This publication develops a proposal of essential guidelines for a Regional Plan for Anthropological-Forensic Investigations in Ayacucho. In formulating it, the publication has carried out an exhaustive evaluation of the …
The work of Beatriz Merino as Ombudsman has been valuable, even though on few occasions was she able to change the painful track record and attitude against Human Rights left …
The author begins a series of articles on the Victims Census. Before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission had begun its work in earnest, President Valentín Paniagua, with great social responsibility, …
The author compares the attitude of writers who, in order to criticize Israel's reprehensible actions, first praise the Jewish people, with writers who in Peru, before making any criticism or …
The decision by the Peruvian Congress to repeal a law enacted just 13 days earlier — one that benefited military personnel being tried for crimes against humanity — left the …
Organizations of relatives and those affected by political violence in Ayacucho, the southern Andean region that was the epicenter of the fight against the insurgency between 1980 and 2000 in …
Karim Ninaquispe Gil, legal representative of ADEHR and attorney for the families of Accomarca victims, stated that the complaint filed by the Attorney General's Office against Prosecutor Olazábal is an …
This thesis aims to determine the effectiveness of the security strategy of Peru's governments against the expansion strategy of Sendero Luminoso between 1986 and 1992, identifying the conditions that allowed …
Writer and TV host Jaime Bayly launched sharp criticism against President Alan García and novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, whom the Aprista government has entrusted with the construction and implementation of …
The staunch defense made yesterday by President Alan García of the humanitarian pardon he granted to Fujimontesinista businessman José Enrique Crousillat demonstrates that the government may be paving the way …
The Comisión de Defensa Nacional, Orden Interno, Desarrollo Alternativo y Lucha contra las Drogas, chaired by congressman Luis Negreiros (PAP), approved on Tuesday the 3rd a bill proposing the creation …
In the face of negligence, obstruction, and a lack of interest in and solidarity with the victims, the XIV congress of the Movimiento Ciudadano Para Que No Se Repita is …
The first vice president of the Republic, Luis Giampietri, stated yesterday that the trial for the massacre at El Frontón on June 19, 1986, during the first government of Alan …
To everyone's surprise — especially some of the cabinet ministers themselves, who had been overly zealous in defending the government's decision — President Alan García reversed his initial position, showed …
Head of State Alan García Pérez transferred 3,998,904 soles to 28 local governments to carry out works in 7 regions of the country in favor of residents whose human rights …
The reparations delivered by the central government to those affected by political violence are limited to collective infrastructure and, to date, there are no updates on the announced individual indemnifications. …
The president of the Consejo de Reparaciones (CR), Sofía Macher, denounced that the State is falling behind in fulfilling its obligations to victims of the terrorism era, and called for …
Alanismo in power — that is, the Apra invaded and emptied of all content inconvenient to Pepe Graña — has decided not to help Peru have a place where the …
The German government rejected the claims of a sector of the Apra party that sought to discredit the construction of a Museum of Memory to honor the victims of political …
The Minister of Defense, Antero Flores-Aráoz, responded to criticisms made by novelist Mario Vargas Llosa regarding the construction of the Museum of Memory with a German donation, and said he …
Interview with Mario Vargas Llosa. He convinced the government of Alan García of the need for the Museum of Memory. Now, pulling hard at the oars, he chairs the commission …
There is a heartfelt remembrance that 21 years ago the Cayara massacre was perpetrated, as retaliation by the army under the command of General José Valdivia during the first government …
Several articles for and against a Museum of Memory.
Vargas Llosa criticizes the comments of Defense Minister Florez Aráoz, in which he justifies Alan García's government's rejection of Germany's offer to build a Museum of Memory.
According to Cabanillas, in 100 pages there is no forceful condemnation of terrorist actions, but it is affirmed that the Armed Forces repressed with violence, brutally causing the death of …
The longstanding relationship between President Alan García and Vladimiro Montesinos dates back to the period when the first Aprista government buried the investigations into the Cayara massacre, in which dozens …
Corruption also means defending human rights violators and serial killers from mass graves. And that is what Dr. Alan García did yesterday, ostensibly commemorating Miguel Grau (the generous hero who …
The ghosts of the past haunt Alan García. The Peruvian president had to appear before judge María León yesterday to be questioned in the judicial case being pursued against a …
Finally, 21 years later, by order of Judge María León Yarango, it was possible to carry out a reconstruction of the events that took place at the El Frontón Prison …
It was August 14, 1985, when an army patrol commanded by Second Lieutenant Telmo Hurtado arrived at the district of Accomarca, in Ayacucho. The military patrol forced a large group …
"On July 22, 2007, eleven Legislative Decrees were published, announced as an effective mechanism to combat organized crime. In reality, an examination of these norms reflects rather the intention to …
After the collapse of the Fujimorato, the democratic transition period not only allowed for the creation of the CVR, but was also decisive in opening a new era of change …
An assessment of the implementation of the recommendations of the Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR) in the closing year involves analyzing the steps taken by two governments: the …
When the human rights of a large portion of the Peruvian population have been violated, and the other half of Peruvians remain indifferent to it — there stand, with great …
As part of "Operativo Persecución," on May 14, 1988, Army troops entered the town of Cayara, a province near Erusco, at around 9 in the morning. After killing the first …
Former presidents Alan García, Valentín Paniagua, Alberto Fujimori, and Army General Víctor Bustamante will be protagonists of the hearings involving political and military actors. Fujimori will, however, be the absent …
The news appeared on Tuesday. Prosecutor Oscar Zevallos Palomino shelved the complaint against Alan García Pérez for the alleged support he received from Vladimiro Montesinos to achieve the dismissal of …
The work is divided into six parts. The first, titled "Democracy and Human Rights," addresses the subject of the return to democracy and the internal armed conflict, subversion, and militarization. …
This work reviews and analyzes the political violence that struck Peru primarily during the 1980s. During that decade, upon returning to democracy, more than 15,000 people were killed as a …
The purpose of this study is to review what terrorism meant, how the threat it posed to society and the State was overcome, evaluate the possible re-emergence of flare-ups, and …
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