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.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 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.González Casanova, Pablo. Historia política de los campesinos latinoamericanos. México: Siglo XXI, 1985. p. 143
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.González Casanova, Pablo. Historia política de los campesinos latinoamericanos. México: Siglo XXI, 1985. p. 142Menjivar, Rafael, and Daniel Camacho. Los movimientos populares en America Latina. Mexico: Siglo Veintiuno Editores, 1989. p. 321 By 1978, CCP had a quarter of a million members.Eckstein, Susan. Poder y protesta popular: movimientos sociales latinoamericanos. México, D.F.: Siglo Veintiuno, 2001. p. 90
CCP is a member of the international peasants organization Via Campesina.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 In 2001, CCP added environmental issues to its political agenda.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
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