2 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
Peru's president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK), pardoned former president Alberto Fujimori on Christmas Eve. This decision triggered a wave of marches across the South American country in rejection of the …
Many believe that the appointment of Juan Luis Cipriani as cardinal was due to the Vatican's misinformation regarding his ties to the Fujimori regime and his openly anti-human rights stance. …
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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 …
A national civic strike called by opposition forces takes place. It is characterized by protest actions and demonstrations at various points in the capital. In cities such as Iquitos, Cuzco and Arequipa, the strike is effective. Foreign press correspondents qualify the strike as the first effective national protest action against …
In November 1991, students in open defiance burned two vans and a large amount of food that the government had sent to the University. This action occurred despite tighter control of the universities with more constant military interventions.
Sympathizers of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) held marches along different stretches of the Central Highway. The demonstration was carried out in protest against the countries that formed the allied block against Iraq in the context of the Gulf War. This action was part of the …
The residents of Huaycán carried out a massive mobilization to the Plaza San Martín in Lima to demand that the authorities fulfill the community's demands. The mobilization had a double message: reject the PCP-SL and the APRA veto. During the march, the PCP-SL attempted acts of violence and the leaders …
While the students were holding a massive march to protest the increase in fares, the police raided the university and killed the student Isaías Bravo Flores, from the Faculty of Agronomy. This occurred in the context of growing tension between law enforcement and the student movement.
On March 22, 1984, a national strike called by the National Popular Assembly was held, which was described as successful. This mobilization took place in a context of growing social and political conflict in the country, with multiple protests from different sectors. The strike generated violent repression by the forces …
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 …
The student movement emerged strongly against the Government Commission headed by Renán Ruiz, Jesús Véliz and Carlos Carvo, who were considered corrupt. The students carried out a takeover of the central premises of the university that lasted a little more than two months in 1980. This action resulted in a …
Social mobilizations against the increase in fuel and fares continue. In the Constituent Assembly, both the PAP and the PPC blame political agitators for promoting such disturbances. Police repression causes the death of three high school students in Lima and Ayacucho during protests against price increases.
