Agrarian Reform of Juan Velasco Alvarado
On June 24, 1969, the military government of General Juan Velasco Alvarado enacted the Agrarian Reform Law, which expropriated the agro-industrial complexes and established cooperative and associative forms of ownership. This reform marked the end of the traditional land system in Peru.
On June 24, 1969, the government of the Armed Forces enacted the Agrarian Reform Law, which expropriated the agro-industrial complexes, initiating a process of radical changes in the land ownership structure. Different forms of cooperative and associative property were established, where the Agrarian Production Cooperatives (CAPs), the Agricultural Societies of Social Interest (SAIS), the Peasant Groups and the restructured Peasant Communities (Comunidades Campesinas reestructuradas) stood out. The agrarian reform dealt the final blow to the landed property system that had been weakened by the peasant struggles for land during 1948-1964. In the Andean South, this period between 1945 and 1980 was characterized by growing urbanization and the decline of large landowners and the gamonal society, having its highest point in the implementation of the agrarian reform of 1969.