Its first general secretary was Juan Hipólito Pévez Oliveros, a peasants leader from Ica.
For a long period CCP was the major peasants organization in the country, and closely linked to Marxist political parties.
[2] By the early 1970s CCP was organizationally weak and played a minor role politically.
These groups seized began a struggle of land seizures, especially in areas in Huaura, Piara and Huaral.
[5] CCP is a member of the international peasants organization Via Campesina.