“En Nombre del Gobierno” – the War in the Andes from a Slightly Different Angle. Ponciano del Pino and the Polish Outlook on His Research on Political Violence

The subject of this article is the research Ponciano del Pino on attitudes Andean population in Peruvian armed conflict 1980–2000, with particular emphasis perspective applied by researcher his case study “En nombre gobierno”. aim text to demonstrate how relevant existing terror Andes Pino’s interest micro contexts war form inter- and intra-village rivalries and, consequently, treating acts political violence as an outcome historical processes. I assume that researcher’s method reconstructing events allows us discover most tabooed mechanisms Andes, namely civilians against civilians. based analysis work background selected publications compared results my fieldwork provinces Huanta La Mar 2005–2010 2015–2019.