Can Peru speak of reconciliation when those who attack the FINAL report of the Truth Commission have not read it? ¡Todos contra la verdad! (Everyone Against the Truth), the new …
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25 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
Morote said he believes that neither right-wing nor left-wing politicians, nor even the head of state, have read the CVR report. Eleven years after the submission of the report of …
The book ¡Todos contra la verdad! by writer Herbert Morote, through plain language and without literary pretensions, seeks to disseminate what is not known but is condemned about the Comisión …
Who does not want the CVR report to be disseminated? Is Sendero Luminoso resurging? Did the military kill more than Sendero during the period of political violence? These and more …
The publication of a book about what happened at the Los Cabitos barracks in Ayacucho in 1983 invites reflection on a tragedy that some wish to silence (Cuartel Los Cabitos. …
In the Los Cabitos barracks in Ayacucho, 59 complete skeletons were found, along with bones corresponding to more than one hundred bodies out of a much larger total number of …
Most complaints of disappearance and torture in the department of Ayacucho date from 1983 and 1984; however, only those concerning the first of those years have advanced far enough to …
The book of memory, or the comings and goings of Lurgio Gavilán's life in the maelstrom of violence. Ramón Pajuelo Teves — review of "Memorias de un soldado desconocido. Autobiografía …
Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez has had a life that seems drawn from an adventure novel. He recounts it in an autobiography he has just published: Memorias de un soldado desconocido (IEP, …
The book by Jesuit Flores Lizana, Diario de vida y muerte, narrates the horror he experienced in Ayacucho, devastated by the war between Sendero Luminoso and the military forces. He …
"El Lunar Rojo del Mundo" (The Red Mole of the World) is the title of a book written by professor Julio César Conde Vilca, born in Chuschi. It recounts testimonies …
Claudio Montoya was a young engineering lieutenant in the Army during the hardest years of the war. Engineer or not, he was repeatedly called upon to act as an infantryman, …
Behind-the-scenes accounts reveal that Guzmán's strategy goes beyond the "political solution" proposed in his book "De Puño y Letra" and the intense debate that followed the presentation of the book …
Abimael Guzmán, the former leader of Sendero Luminoso (74 years old), has just published his personal memoirs. The publication of this book comes on the seventeenth anniversary of his capture …
The dogma and megalomania characteristic of Abimael Guzmán are visible even in his love letters. In the missive he dedicates in 1995 to his first wife, Augusta la Torre, or …
An interview with Gustavo Gorritti on the reissue of his book "Sendero: Historia de la guerra milenaria en el Perú" makes clear that the Maoist insurgency has never stopped worrying …
The re-edition of the book "Sendero: Historia de la guerra milenaria en el Perú" by journalist Gustavo Gorriti makes clear that the Maoist insurgency has not stopped worrying the public …
After the auspicious reception of Abril rojo (2006) by the public, it is understandable to anticipate a new work by Santiago Roncagliolo, especially since it addresses the topic that earned …
During the last two decades of the twentieth century, Peru faced a profound crisis, aggravated by the spread of political violence. This violence was both a consequence of the crisis …
Excerpts from the book written by Fernando Rospigliosi, with the support of the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP), on a crucial topic of the last decade: the control that a …
A prominent figure in the La Cantuta case, retired Major General Rodolfo Robles Espinoza has just published a book that collects the main documents and testimonies about the activities of …
Unknown until now — this is the first time his photograph has been published — Colonel Benedicto Jiménez Baca was the architect of the capture of Abimael Guzmán, as head …
A key figure in the La Cantuta case, retired Major General Rodolfo Robles Espinoza has just published a book compiling the main documents and testimonies concerning the activities of Grupo …
An agronomist engineer, former professor at the Universidad de Huamanga and congressman during the 1985–90 period, Carlos Tapia is recognized as one of the most thorough researchers of the subversive …
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