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Vigil For Truth and Reconciliation in Lima, Peru. |
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 Crowds gathered carrying photos of the dead or disappeared, artifacts and articles of clothing, baloons, flowers and candles - "an x-ray of the truth" as one banner put it. In the silence of the night, names of the dead and missing were called forth, receiving an immediate response of "present" from a friend, a relative or a neighbour. . The vigil ended with the reading of a statement signed by thousands of people from around the country, calling for an authentic reconciliation, and a new way of life based on Truth, Solidarity and Peace from which no one will be excluded. One participant describes it as 'A most profound moment of Remembering - a vigil never to be forgotten.'. |
A moving Vigil of prayer, music, poetry and theatre denouncing the atrocities which left more than 69,000 people dead during the twenty years of violence in Peru (1980- 2000) was held in Paseo de Los Heroes Navales (Park of the Naval Heroes) in front of the Palace of Justice in Lima, Peru on August, 27th. 2003. The following day the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was to deliver its report to the President of Peru.
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