Open town hall denied to indigenous population in Ayacucho
Gral. Huaman bans indigenous participation in open town meeting as part of isolation strategy
In February 1984, General Huamán denied the recently elected mayor of Ayacucho, Leonor Zamora, the presence of the indigenous population in the open town meeting organized for that month. This decision was part of his strategy of 'isolation' that sought to keep the indigenous population away from possible subversive influences, under a paternalistic conception that considered the indigenous as incapable and ignorant.