Hombres y rejas. El APRA en prisión, 1932-1945

• Main Author: Carlos Aguirre
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Institut Français d'Études Andines 2014-05-01
• Series: Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines
• Subjects: APRA; political imprisonment; torture; resistance; repression; common prisoners
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/bifea/4234

This article analyzes various aspects of the political imprisonment of Aprista leaders and militants between 1932 and 1945 and seeks to introduce some correctives in the official party version that tends to emphasize the heroism and sacrifice of those who suffered detention and mistreatment from authoritarian regimes. The article reviews the forms of organization, communication, and resistance on the part of political prisoners, their relationship with common criminals, the advantages or privileges that at times some of them enjoyed, and the use of networks of friendship to try to diminish the effects of political repression. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of studying political imprisonment as a central element in the evolution of the Aprista party.