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Juan José Gorriti, a telephone workers' union leader, took over as General Secretary of the CGTP three years ago. Since then, he has organized eight departmental mobilizations, and this week …
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In Pucallpa, Ucayali, peasants lifted a 16-day strike and celebrated with a demonstration the agreements reached with the government. The prefect denied permission for the demonstration, which provoked a confrontation. The police intervened in the mobilization carried out by the Federation of Peasants of Ucayali when they tried to deactivate …
A new departmental strike took place in Puno. In Ayaviri, a gigantic rally organized by the Single Federation of Peasants of Melgar (FUCAM) demanded the acceleration of agrarian restructuring. The land movement achieved an appreciable degree of legitimacy with the renewed support of the church and trade and professional organizations …
A departmental strike took place in Puno. Mayor Paca Pantigoso and a group of popular leaders led a hunger strike that lasted several days. The government was forced to send a negotiating commission. The main demands included the officialization of Puno as a pilot region, restructuring with peasant participation, the …
In August 1983, a 48-hour strike began in Puno to demand economic aid to confront the emergency created by the drought. In response to this social mobilization, five parliamentarians from the department of Puno went on hunger strike in the Chamber of Deputies. The strike was a protest measure against …
In January 1979, a strike was called, but it was a failure. This event occurred in the context of the popular and union mobilizations that characterized the end of the military regime (1968-1980). The failure of the strike generated a demobilization that was taken advantage of by the government to …
In June 1976, the left promoted the formation of the Central Highway Struggle Committee, representative of the unions in the industrial zone. This committee organized mobilizations and a strong strike in solidarity with the workers of the Nylon factory. The action culminated in a violent confrontation with police forces and …