Gisela Ortiz speaks with former Truth and Reconciliation Commission member Sofía Macher about the CVR’s work and its importance for understanding the violence that shaped Peru. A conversation about the continuing pursuit of justice and the urgent need to preserve the Commission’s archives as part of the country’s historical memory.

Gisela Ortiz speaks with Adelina García, former president of ANFASEP, about the disappearance of her husband, Zósimo Tenorio, and her decades-long struggle for truth and justice. A conversation about the ongoing search for Peru’s disappeared and the families who continue to resist silence and oblivion.

Gisela Ortiz speaks with Peruvian journalist and human rights activist Claudia Cisneros about the country’s political landscape and Fujimorismo’s return to executive power. A critical conversation about the risks to democracy, human rights, and freedom of the press—and the importance of resistance, unity, and collective organizing.

Gisela Ortiz speaks with artist and human rights activist Mauricio Delgado about art as a space for memory and resistance. A conversation about preserving voices that those in power seek to silence, confronting oblivion, and sustaining collective resistance in the face of authoritarianism.

Gisela Ortiz provides an update on the current state of human rights in Peru, reflecting on restitution efforts, criminal convictions, legislative setbacks, and the recent election results. An episode about memory, truth, and justice—and why remembering remains an essential way of resisting oblivion and defending democracy.

Marly Anzualdo shares her family’s struggle for truth, justice, and memory following the forced disappearance of her brother, Kenneth Ney Anzualdo Castro, in 1993. A powerful conversation about the ongoing search for the disappeared and the families who continue to confront silence, impunity, and oblivion in Peru.

Gisela Ortiz speaks with Ayacucho artisan and audiovisual creator Joseph Durán Araujo about folk art, traditional crafts, and creative expression. A conversation about the ways memory, territory, and culture come together through artistic practices rooted in Ayacucho.

A conversation about Fujimorismo beyond the 1990s—its historical responsibility for serious human rights violations and corruption, its continuing influence on contemporary politics, and the challenges it poses to democratic institutions and citizens’ rights. A critical discussion about memory, justice, and the defense of democracy in Peru.

Gisela Ortiz speaks with historian and professor Cecilia Méndez about Peru’s political landscape following the first round of the election. A conversation exploring regional dynamics, the vote beyond Lima, changes in Peru’s electoral map, and the political tensions shaping the country.

Gisela Ortiz speaks with Peruvian historian and writer José Carlos Agüero about post-conflict Peru, the wounds that remain open, and the country’s unresolved obligations to victims. A conversation about memory, justice, reparations, inequality, racism, citizenship, and the challenges of understanding Peru’s present.

Gisela Ortiz speaks with Cusco-born anthropologist and writer Karina Pacheco about Peru through the lens of literature, human rights, and Counter-Pedagogies of Oblivion. A conversation from San Francisco about storytelling, resisting oblivion, and sowing seeds of memory.

Gisela Ortiz speaks with Tania Pariona, Executive Secretary of the CNDDHH, about the organization’s 40 years of work defending human rights in Peru. A conversation about supporting communities, bringing human rights violations to public attention, and sustaining the ongoing struggle for memory, justice, and dignity.

Gisela Ortiz speaks with ANP president Zuliana Lainez as they remember the eight journalists killed in Uchuraccay and reflect on journalism, solidarity, and the preservation of historical memory. A conversation about the enduring value of remembrance for victims’ families and the defense of human rights in Peru.

Diálogos con Gisela returns with a look at key human rights developments in Peru at the close of 2025 and the beginning of 2026, including setbacks in gender policy, the implementation of an amnesty law, and growing challenges facing organizations that defend victims and communities.

Bertha Aguilar and Milagros Samillán share the stories of their brothers, who were killed amid the repression of Peru’s 2022 protests, and reflect on their families’ continuing struggle for truth, justice, reparations, and guarantees that such violence will not be repeated.

During Peru’s period of political violence, many women were forced to reinvent their lives after the disappearance or killing of loved ones. In this episode, we speak with women entrepreneurs about how work, creativity, and mutual support became ways to sustain their families with dignity—and to build new paths forward in the aftermath of violence.

Gisela Ortiz speaks with Peruvian forensic archaeologist Franco Mora Félix about his work in Peru and worldwide, and the challenges forensic anthropology faces in the ongoing search for truth, identification, and justice.

Gisela Ortiz speaks with Sharmelí Bustíos about her family’s long struggle for justice following the 1988 killing of her father, journalist Hugo Bustíos, and the political and legal consequences of Peru’s amnesty law.

Gisela speaks with Peruvian graphic artist Álvaro Portales about art as a powerful tool for social and political critique, remembrance, and resistance—and the artist’s responsibility in times of crisis and silence.

Doña Norma carries with her the memory and dignity of those who refuse to let the past be forgotten. In this episode, we talk about Melissa—her life, her journalistic calling, and what it means for a mother to keep her daughter’s memory alive in the face of impunity.

Gisela Ortiz speaks with Carmen Amaro Cóndor about the long journey families of victims have undertaken, the progress made and the setbacks endured, and the wounds and dangers the amnesty law has reopened.