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MC returns from Huancayo and supports MRTA
In 1990, in the Tsiriari valley, Mazamari district, some colonist communities had some sympathy for the MRTA, as they offered them protection from PCP-SL. In the colonist community Dos de Mayo, MC, who had previously sympathized with PCP-SL, decided to support MRTA after returning from Huancayo in 1990. Upon returning …
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The Repared Scholarship: Opportunity and Right in the Education Reparations Program
Research measuring how the Repared scholarship program has been functioning — a program that covers higher, technical, and university education studies at public and private institutions in Peru for victims …
An Analytical Summary of the Book Political Violence in Peru 1980–2000. Shining Path Against the State and Society. An Essay in the Political Anthropology of Violence
Essay summarizing the contributions of the book "La violencia política en el Perú 1980-2000. Sendero Luminoso contra el Estado y la sociedad" [Political Violence in Peru 1980-2000. Sendero Luminoso against …
National Criminal Court Issues Troubling Contradictory Verdict In
Judges established that the murder of an elderly woman and the enforced disappearance of a minor in Ayacucho in 1984 was part of a systematic practice of the Peruvian Army, …
Pedagogical Guide for the Use of Yuyanapaq: To Remember
This pedagogical guide aims to orient the use of the photo book "Yuyanapaq: para recordar" [Yuyanapaq: To Remember] for educational purposes, helping teachers use the book in the classroom and …
Unified Victims Registry. Amicus Curiae
The IDEHPUCP prepared an amicus curiae that was submitted in the popular action proceedings against Supreme Decree No. 051-2011-PCM. This regulation established, through its article 1, the closure of the …
Public Defense of Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict, a Reality That Cannot Be Stopped
In regions such as Ayacucho, Huánuco, Junín, Huancavelica, Apurímac, Cusco, and others where investigations stemming from the CAI are being pursued, there must be greater political and economic will to …
A Law for the Disappeared
Various victims' organizations are pushing for the adoption of a new legal framework to address the demands of the families of those who disappeared during the conflict.
The Massacre of the Tsiriari Valley and the Nomatsiguenga Community of Tahuantinsuyo (Satipo)
On August 18 and 19, 1993, a column of men armed with sticks, axes, machetes, and some rifles attacked eight communities located in the Tsiriari valley (district of Mazamari, province …
Mikael Winström: "The State and Shining Path Engaged in a Perverse Ritual"
Interview with Mikael Winström, director of the documentary Tempestad en los Andes (Storm in the Andes), presented at the 18th Lima Film Festival. This documentary addresses the internal war we …
Ten Years After the Presentation of the CVR's Final Report: Have We Made Progress?
Ten years after the CVR presented its final report, it is a good moment to review what happened with its 85 recommendations (53 on institutional reforms and 32 related to …
Ten Years After the CVR Report: 'We Never Forgot, We Never Kept Silent'
Hundreds of bereaved families and victims came to the capital to demand greater attention from the government. They gathered at 'El Ojo que Llora,' at Lima's municipality, and at the …
Dialogues for Peace and for Memory
As Grupo Memoria, we made the decision to open a space for dialogue with one of the most important actors during the internal armed conflict: the Peruvian Army. While "En …
Cultural Heritage and Memory: Ten Years Later, a New Look at the Testimonies of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Ten years after the presentation of the Truth Commission's Report, I believe this is the moment to propose a different look at the testimonies — a perspective from which it …
Peru, Ten Years Healing
Ten years after the creation of the Comisión de la Verdad y la Reconciliación, support for victims of the conflict that took place between 1980 and 2000 continues to have …
The Peruvian Justice System, Ten Years After the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The period of political violence and the fight against terrorism left very deep wounds in Peruvian society. The violence affected everyone, including the actors of the justice system, who were …
The Terror That Does Not End
One of the things that most strikes visitors to the Asháninka communities along the Ene and Tambo rivers affected by the internal armed conflict is the pervasive sense of fear …
Without Peace: Families of War Victims in Peru
Over a quarter century of searching through the mountains of the poorest region of the country, Alejandro Crispín and Alicia Colina found nearly a hundred clandestine burial sites and three …
LAW ON SEARCHING, IDENTIFYING, AND RESTORING DISAPPEARED PERSONS
According to COMISEDH investigations carried out over the last 10 years, more than 60% of burial sites at the national level — where the remains of victims of the internal …
Twice Dead: The Story of the Image and Life of Celestino Ccente or Edmundo Camana
Drawing on a photographic image exhibited in 2003 in the context of the presentation of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (August 2003), which became iconic of …
Return to Hell: Survivors Return to Los Cabitos Barracks
Survivors return to the Los Cabitos barracks accompanying judges, prosecutors, and lawyers to the on-site inspection of the military base and the intelligence centers known as the "casas rosadas" — …
The 55 of Lima
Lima accounts for only 2% of the disappeared at the national level. But this does not prevent the identification of a pattern of disappearances. Three moments are identified in the …
Memory Has Not Been Forgotten
IDL has worked in regional processes to try to reconstruct the past. The work in Huancavelica was intensive. Little was known about what happened in that department, unlike Ayacucho, where …
The Terror That Does Not End
One of the most striking things when arriving at the Asháninka communities along the Ene and Tambo rivers that were affected by the internal armed conflict is the sense of …
Hearing and Telling Violence from the Inside. A Conversation with Kimberly Theidon and Edith Del Pino
Interview with Kimberly Theidon and Edith Del Pino. Both researchers have been working for several years on the aftermath of the internal armed conflict in Ayacucho, Huancavelica, and the VRAE. …
Memory and Political Violence
With the public emergence of the Movimiento por Amnistía y Derechos Fundamentales (Movadef), the country saw memory related to the years of political violence "bloom." All manner of figures and …
Is Shining Path the Minotaur?
The Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación noted that the internal armed conflict experienced in Peru revealed the existence of deep and painful gaps and rifts in Peruvian society; in …
The 'Terruco' Is the Other
Boys and girls fill the playground when they return from school. They know very little about the hardships of the past experienced in their neighborhood during the time of Sendero. …
The Truth About the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Peru
This article is an example of the attacks by the far-right in Peru against the CVR, and it deserves to be read to appreciate the degree of shamelessness with which …
Dear Lucanamarca Part I
Contradictions between emblematic memory and citizenship. Steve Stern, when speaking of emblematic memory, says that it is an experience carrying different meanings and feelings among people who form part of …
Dear Lucanamarca Part II
Continuation — Contradictions between emblematic memory and citizenship. Steve Stern, when speaking of emblematic memory, says that it is an experience carrying different meanings and feelings among people who form …
The Legacy of the Past: Armed Forces, Human Rights, and Internal Security in Contemporary Peru
The objective of this research is to study the set of political strategies developed by the armed forces to confront two simultaneous processes that occurred following the transition to democracy …
Wooden Dead and Ink Like Blood: The Construction of the Peruvian Nation-State from the Reports of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as a Monument of Memory
The Peruvian armed conflict (1980-2000) was clarified through the Truth, and later the Reconciliation, Commission (CVR), established in 2001 by the transitional government headed by Valentín Paniagua. The CVR published …
How Much Has Been Repaired in Our Communities? Progress, Perceptions, and Recommendations on Collective Reparations in Peru (2007-2011)
This report covers four years (2007–2011) of implementation of the Collective Reparations Program (PRC) as part of the Comprehensive Reparations Plan (PIR) for victims of Peru's internal armed conflict, which …
Red Cross: There Are 16,000 People Disappeared Due to Terrorism in Peru
The number of people who disappeared due to the terrorism that ravaged Peru between 1980 and 2000 is close to 16,000 — double the figure calculated by the Comisión de …
Changes in Health Perceptions Among War-Displaced Populations, Ayacucho, Peru: 1980–2004
This paper aims to describe the changes in health perceptions among indigenous populations displaced by war from their communities of origin to the city of Ayacucho, Peru, during the period …
Open Wounds. On the Fear of the Resurgence of Terrorism and the Reflective and Reparative Responses of Society
The effects of fear are discussed at a social level, as an impediment to processing the shared past, integrating the present with history, and resolving differences on the basis of …
Poetic Memory After an Inter-Andean Nightmare
In Latin America during the 20th century there were many changes, the emergence of diverse tendencies, literary and artistic schools; and on the political level, dictatorships, guerrillas, disappearances, and massacres …
"Terruco" and Worse... Insult and Stigma in Peru's Dirty War
This article explores the brief but intense history of the word terruco, a colloquial term used as a substitute for terrorista (terrorist). In particular, it seeks to demonstrate that the …
Analysis of the Peruvian State's Security Strategy Against Shining Path's Expansion Strategy Between 1986 and 1992
Since 1980, Peru entered one of its bloodiest eras: Sendero Luminoso, an armed group of Marxist-Maoist-Leninist extraction led by Abimael Guzmán Reynoso, engaged in an all-out war against Peru's Armed …
Situation of Women Who Have Received Collective Reparation. Third Collective Reparations Monitoring Report
Once again, the Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos – APRODEH, in alliance with the International Center for Transitional Justice – ICTJ, is pleased to present the results of the monitoring study …
Youth Views on the Internal Armed Conflict
In Ayacucho, a city of about 150,000 inhabitants that lived through the harsh blows of violence during the 20 years of internal armed conflict, a large part of the population …
How to Quantify Pain? Contributions for Individual Economic Reparations for Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict
A publication containing the reflections, experiences, and recommendations of a group of experts who have systematized knowledge about economic reparation processes carried out in Latin America and the various aspects …
Linking Gender and Reparations in Peru: A Missed Opportunity
This article addresses the situation of women during and after the internal armed conflict, as well as the role of women in the articulation of reparations, and constitutes Chapter 3 …
Armed Forces, Truth Commission, and Transitional Justice in Peru
Peru has undergone in recent years a process that largely determined the dynamics of relations between the Armed Forces and political and civil society: the establishment of a Truth and …
State of the Art. The Conflict in Peru
The civil war in Peru during the 1980s and 1990s was a fertile ground for the emergence of new actors with various names, but reflecting a similar reality. The so-called …
Culture of Peace and Reconstruction of Identities
To speak of the processes of building a culture of peace in a globalized world with multiple challenges is to speak necessarily of one of the phenomena that in recent …
Reparations: Little and That Makes Six
More than six years after the CVR Report and its recommendation to provide reparations to victims of the internal armed conflict, it is worth reviewing how this right has been …
Fleeing Violence and Building. Women and Displacement Due to Political Violence in Peru
This article describes the path to consciousness of which Peruvian women were protagonists during the era of political violence. Spontaneous organizations, formed in the context of forced migration caused by …