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The II Regional Meeting of Peasant Patrols was held in San Antonio de Cumbaza in 1993, as part of a process of consolidation of the organizations of peasant patrols in the department of San Martin. This meeting was organized by OPASM (Oficina Prelatural de Acción Social de Moyobamba) in conjunction …
On July 15, 1990, the First Central Committee of the Rondas Campesinas del Alto y Bajo Cunas was sworn in at the stadium of the Accac Bellavista annex. The act was presided over by Colonel EP Espinoza, before whom the Central Committee was sworn in under the presidency of Félix …
The community of Collana in Livitaca, province of Chumbivilcas, agreed in a general assembly to form teams and identify the cattle rustlers in order to hand them over to the police. This communal decision is evidence of the peasant organization to confront the problem of cattle rustling that was affecting …
By the end of 1989, practically all the northern provinces of Ayacucho were organized in counter-subversive peasant patrols. This organization contrasted with the towns in the central provinces (Cangallo, Vilcashuaman, Victor Fajardo), which were more reluctant, possibly because they had often been bases of support for the Shining Path. In …
In August 1984, the new head of the political-military command, General Adrián Huamán Centeno from Andahuaylino, participated in a meeting in Vinchos that brought together approximately eight thousand peasants from 44 communities that had organized themselves into peasant patrols. This meeting represented a significant moment in the consolidation of peasant …
In the district of Andarapa, the police started the first organizations of Rondas Campesinas to confront the growing increase in terrorism. This process began early in 1983, motivating peasant communities to form their self-defense committees. The formation of these patrols was a response to the intensification of confrontations between the …
In mid-July 1982, the Peasant Federation of the Apurimac River Valley (FECVRA) decided to enter directly into the commercialization of the valley's products, seeking to break the monopoly of the large traders. This initiative represented an effort by the peasant organization to improve the economic conditions of its members through …
Between 1979 and 1981, an attempt was made to organize peasant patrols in Cajabamba under the guidance of Izquierda Unida. These peasant patrols were originally born in Chota in 1977 in order to combat cattle rustling and other crimes. Beginning in 1985, the rondas began to spread their organization to …
The Departmental Federation of Peasants of Puno (FDCP) was founded on December 17, 1978 in San Juan de Salinas, province of Azángaro. This organization assumed the responsibility of leading the process of 'democratic restructuring' of land in the department of Puno. The FDCP emerged in a context of frustration among …
In 1975, an Association of Small Farmers was formed in the Apurimac River Valley in an attempt to curb the abuses and monopoly of large traders in the area. This organization preceded the creation of the Peasant Federation of the Apurimac River Valley (FECVRA) in 1979. The association emerged in …
In 1974, the National Agrarian Confederation (CNA) was founded, an organization dedicated to the organization of agrarian leagues in the context of the agrarian reform implemented during the military government of Juan Velasco Alvarado. The CNA competed with the leftist organizations that reactivated the Peasant Confederation of Peru under the …
The Andahuaylas Provincial Federation of Peasants (FEPCA) was formed in 1973 as a result of organizational work in the area. This agrarian organization acquired great notoriety the year after its creation, with the largest peasant mobilization of the decade. Its basic proposal was the total elimination of the hacienda system …