Shining Path - Wikipedia
The Shining Path (Spanish: Sendero Luminoso), self-named the Communist Party of Peru (Partido Comunista del Perú, abbr. PCP), is a far-left political party and guerrilla group in Peru, following Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and Gonzalo Thought.
Shining Path | Peruvian Maoist Guerrilla Movement | Britannica
Sep 12, 1992 · Shining Path, Peruvian revolutionary organization that endorsed Maoism and employed guerrilla tactics and violent terrorism. The Shining Path was founded in 1970 in a multiple split in the Communist Party of Peru.
National Counterterrorism Center | FTOs - DNI
Shining Path, or Sendero Luminoso (SL) in Spanish, is an insurgent group in Peru that began its armed actions in 1980 but has been in decline since the arrest of its founder, Abimael Guzman, in 1992. Following Guzman’s arrest, the group shifted its focus from mostly antigovernment operations to activities supporting narcotrafficking.
Peru's Shining Path kills 16, including children, ahead of polls - BBC
The far-left Shining Path guerrilla group says it was behind the attack. It left pamphlets at the scene ordering people not to vote in the upcoming presidential election.
The Rise and Fall of Shining Path - COHA
May 6, 2008 · The Shining Path’s main goal was to destroy existing Peruvian political institutions and replace them with a communist peasant revolutionary regime, while resisting any influence coming from other Latin American guerrilla groups like the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), as well as from foreign ideologies.
Shining Path - InSight Crime
May 28, 2024 · The Shining Path massacred peasant communities it considered to be against its struggle, and attacked security forces and other representatives of the state. It gained ground rapidly and was present in large parts of the country in the late 1980s.
What’s Next For the Shining Path in Peru? - InSight Crime
Nov 17, 2023 · The Peruvian government has arrested key members of the Shining Path rebel group, which continues to maintain its hold over the country’s crucial coca growing regions.
BBC NEWS | Americas | Profile: Peru's Shining Path
Nov 5, 2004 · In its heyday in the 1980s, the Shining Path was the most formidable rebel movement in Latin America, waging a brutal war with the Peruvian state. Not only did the Maoist group control large...
Shining Path, Tupac Amaru (Peru, leftists) - Council on Foreign Relations
Aug 27, 2009 · The Shining Path began in the late 1960s as a small communist revolutionary group led by a philosophy professor named Abimael Guzmán. Guzmán opposed Peru’s prevailing political elites.
Shining Path: Peru's guerrilla group all but defeated
Sep 24, 2021 · Peru's Maoist Shining Path guerrilla movement, whose founder Abimael Guzman's body was cremated on Friday, is listed as a terrorist organization by the Lima government.