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Research paper thumbnail of Competing Visions of the 1986 Lima Prison Massacres: Memory and the Politics of War in Peru

A Contracorriente: Revista de Historia Social y Literatura en América Latina, Jan 31, 2014

In the bleak, grey winter of June 1986, the streets of Lima teamed with international dignitaries... more In the bleak, grey winter of June 1986, the streets of Lima teamed with international dignitaries. Journalists, politicians and foreign heads of state filled the local hotels and restaurants, in eager anticipation of the Socialist International. All eyes rested on a freshly minted Alan García, one year into his first presidency. García was a rising star within the APRA (American Popular Revolutionary Alliance) party, one of the strongest and longest standing parties in Peru. Despite APRA's age, numerical strength and populist appeal, García's election in 1985 represented APRA's first presidential win. Promising a return to APRA's center-left roots, García saw the hosting of the Socialist International as a platform to announce his own brand of social democratic policies. This was a moment of great expectations for the young Peruvian president. 1 Then, with unprecedented ferocity, the bitter war with the Maoist Shining Path insurgent group, Sendero Luminoso, previously relegated to 1 I would like to thank Steve Stern, Jaymie Heilman, Michele Leiby, Julie Gibbings and Yesenia Pumarada Cruz, as well as this journal's anonymous readers, for their helpful comments on various incarnations of this article.

Research paper thumbnail of Conflicted Memory: Military Cultural Interventions and the Human Rights Era in Peru

History: Reviews of New Books, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of The Congress That Broke the Left: Violent Debates at Huampani, Peru, 1989

Research paper thumbnail of The Best Recipe for Revolution: New and Old Left Debates over Armed Struggle in Peru, 1958-78

Research paper thumbnail of Competing Visions of the 1986 Lima Prison Massacres: Memory and the Politics of War in Peru

A Contracorriente, Jan 31, 2014

In the bleak, grey winter of June 1986, the streets of Lima teamed with international dignitaries... more In the bleak, grey winter of June 1986, the streets of Lima teamed with international dignitaries. Journalists, politicians and foreign heads of state filled the local hotels and restaurants, in eager anticipation of the Socialist International. All eyes rested on a freshly minted Alan García, one year into his first presidency. García was a rising star within the APRA (American Popular Revolutionary Alliance) party, one of the strongest and longest standing parties in Peru. Despite APRA's age, numerical strength and populist appeal, García's election in 1985 represented APRA's first presidential win. Promising a return to APRA's center-left roots, García saw the hosting of the Socialist International as a platform to announce his own brand of social democratic policies. This was a moment of great expectations for the young Peruvian president. 1 Then, with unprecedented ferocity, the bitter war with the Maoist Shining Path insurgent group, Sendero Luminoso, previously relegated to 1 I would like to thank Steve Stern, Jaymie Heilman, Michele Leiby, Julie Gibbings and Yesenia Pumarada Cruz, as well as this journal's anonymous readers, for their helpful comments on various incarnations of this article.

Research paper thumbnail of Alberto Flores Galindo: Utopía, historia y revolución

Hispanic American Historical Review

Research paper thumbnail of Competing Visions of the 1986 Lima Prison Massacres: Memory and the Politics of War in Peru

A Contracorriente: Revista de Historia Social y Literatura en América Latina, Jan 31, 2014

In the bleak, grey winter of June 1986, the streets of Lima teamed with international dignitaries... more In the bleak, grey winter of June 1986, the streets of Lima teamed with international dignitaries. Journalists, politicians and foreign heads of state filled the local hotels and restaurants, in eager anticipation of the Socialist International. All eyes rested on a freshly minted Alan García, one year into his first presidency. García was a rising star within the APRA (American Popular Revolutionary Alliance) party, one of the strongest and longest standing parties in Peru. Despite APRA's age, numerical strength and populist appeal, García's election in 1985 represented APRA's first presidential win. Promising a return to APRA's center-left roots, García saw the hosting of the Socialist International as a platform to announce his own brand of social democratic policies. This was a moment of great expectations for the young Peruvian president. 1 Then, with unprecedented ferocity, the bitter war with the Maoist Shining Path insurgent group, Sendero Luminoso, previously relegated to 1 I would like to thank Steve Stern, Jaymie Heilman, Michele Leiby, Julie Gibbings and Yesenia Pumarada Cruz, as well as this journal's anonymous readers, for their helpful comments on various incarnations of this article.

Research paper thumbnail of Conflicted Memory: Military Cultural Interventions and the Human Rights Era in Peru

History: Reviews of New Books, 2018

Research paper thumbnail of The Congress That Broke the Left: Violent Debates at Huampani, Peru, 1989

Research paper thumbnail of The Best Recipe for Revolution: New and Old Left Debates over Armed Struggle in Peru, 1958-78

Research paper thumbnail of Competing Visions of the 1986 Lima Prison Massacres: Memory and the Politics of War in Peru

A Contracorriente, Jan 31, 2014

In the bleak, grey winter of June 1986, the streets of Lima teamed with international dignitaries... more In the bleak, grey winter of June 1986, the streets of Lima teamed with international dignitaries. Journalists, politicians and foreign heads of state filled the local hotels and restaurants, in eager anticipation of the Socialist International. All eyes rested on a freshly minted Alan García, one year into his first presidency. García was a rising star within the APRA (American Popular Revolutionary Alliance) party, one of the strongest and longest standing parties in Peru. Despite APRA's age, numerical strength and populist appeal, García's election in 1985 represented APRA's first presidential win. Promising a return to APRA's center-left roots, García saw the hosting of the Socialist International as a platform to announce his own brand of social democratic policies. This was a moment of great expectations for the young Peruvian president. 1 Then, with unprecedented ferocity, the bitter war with the Maoist Shining Path insurgent group, Sendero Luminoso, previously relegated to 1 I would like to thank Steve Stern, Jaymie Heilman, Michele Leiby, Julie Gibbings and Yesenia Pumarada Cruz, as well as this journal's anonymous readers, for their helpful comments on various incarnations of this article.

Research paper thumbnail of Alberto Flores Galindo: Utopía, historia y revolución

Hispanic American Historical Review