Second indefinite general strike
Indefinite 40-day general strike in San Martin during February and March 1990, led by FEDIP-SM with MRTA support, demanding the creation of the Autonomous Region of San Martin, respect for human rights and suspension of the state of emergency. The strike consolidated FEDIP-SM as the main regional leadership body but revealed internal conflicts within the MRTA.
The second indefinite general strike of February and March 1990 in San Martin was under the leadership of FEDIP-SM with the participation of leaders and militants of the mass work of the peasantry and the MRTA, in addition to the direct support of the Tupacamarista Army. The center of the strike was in Tarapoto, where the urban militia managed to get almost the entire population, voluntarily or involuntarily, to comply with the measure of struggle. The motives were no longer economic, but political and social, focusing on the demand for the creation of the Autonomous Region of San Martin, the unrestricted respect for human rights and the suspension of the state of emergency. The strike was suspended after 40 days due to the proximity of the general elections and the food shortages affecting the pickets that obstructed the department's highways. After the end of the strike, the FEDIP-SM was recognized as the main leadership body in the region, although it also evidenced the first internal conflicts between those responsible for mass politics and the military leaders of the MRTA.