Confederación Campesina del Perú explained

Confederación Campesina del Perú ('Peasants Confederation of Peru', abbreviated CCP) is a farmers' movement in Peru. CCP was founded on April 11, 1947. Its first general secretary was Juan Hipólito Pévez Oliveros, a peasants leader from Ica.^[1] Another of its leaders was Hugo Blanco. For a long period CCP was the major peasants organization in the country, and closely linked to Marxist political parties.^[2]

By the early 1970s CCP was organizationally weak and played a minor role politically. However, in 1973–1974 the organization was revitalized as poor peasants and agricultural labourers who had not benefitted from the 1969 land reform joined its ranks and reunified the organization. These groups seized began a struggle of land seizures, especially in areas in Huaura, Piara and Huaral.^{[3] [4]} By 1978, CCP had a quarter of a million members.^[5]

CCP is a member of the international peasants organization Via Campesina.^[6] In 2001, CCP added environmental issues to its political agenda.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Salazar Tarazona, Dante. Cómo la democracia, que es para todos, en América Latina es para pocos: según Naciones Unidas (PNUD) esta democracia es un ejemplo para el mundo. [S.l.]: Libros en Red, 2006. p. 296
2. González Casanova, Pablo. Historia política de los campesinos latinoamericanos. México: Siglo XXI, 1985. p. 143
3. González Casanova, Pablo. Historia política de los campesinos latinoamericanos. México: Siglo XXI, 1985. p. 142
4. Menjivar, Rafael, and Daniel Camacho. Los movimientos populares en America Latina. Mexico: Siglo Veintiuno Editores, 1989. p. 321
5. Eckstein, Susan. Poder y protesta popular: movimientos sociales latinoamericanos. México, D.F.: Siglo Veintiuno, 2001. p. 90
6. Salazar Tarazona, Dante. Cómo la democracia, que es para todos, en América Latina es para pocos: según Naciones Unidas (PNUD) esta democracia es un ejemplo para el mundo. [S.l.]: Libros en Red, 2006. p. 294
7. Raul E. Chacón: El nacimiento del ecologismo popular en el Perú, o la lucha sin fin de las comunidades de Vicco y San Mateo. Ecología política 24 (2003), S. 113-128, p. 119