Promulgation of the Agrarian Reform Law
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 represented the final blow to the traditional system of land ownership in Peru.
On June 24, 1969, the government of the Armed Forces enacted the Agrarian Reform Law, which expropriated the agro-industrial complexes, thus initiating a process of radical changes. Different forms of cooperative and associative ownership were established, including the Agrarian Production Cooperatives (CAPs), the Agricultural Societies of Social Interest (SAIS), the Peasant Groups, and the restructured Peasant Communities. This agrarian reform was applied during the government of General Juan Velasco Alvarado and represented the highest point in the decline of large landowners and the gamonal society. When the military government dictated this law, it only dealt the final blow to a system of land ownership that was already weakened by the peasant struggles of 1948-1964.