Yuyarisun is an archive of testimonies from community members of Ayacucho and Huancavelica, Peru, that document the political violence of Peru's last two decades. The archive is organized into four …
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4 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
List of Communities and Populated Centers Registered in the RUV corresponding to the Departments of Ancash, Apurímac, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huánuco, Huancavelica, Junín, La Libertad, Lima, Pasco, Piura, Puno, San …
The stories presented below speak to the power of memory and the importance that community memory holds for a transitional justice process. They challenge us to understand that transitional justice …
This document is a testimony that accounts for what happened to 75 peasants from the communities of Iscahuaca and San Miguel de Mestizas in the district of Cotarusi, province of …
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Community of Collana agrees to form anti-beagle teams
The community of Collana in Livitaca, province of Chumbivilcas, agreed in a general assembly to form teams and identify the cattle rustlers in order to hand them over to the police. This communal decision is evidence of the peasant organization to confront the problem of cattle rustling that was affecting …
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Grounding by VR
The land seizure by VR in 1974 was one of the events that contributed to the dismemberment of communities in the area. This event is mentioned in the context of historical processes that affected the social and territorial structure of the communities, together with the guerrilla of 1965 and the …