Sendero luminoso, peru, organized crime, vraem, movadef, drug trafficking. Shining path, spanish sendero luminoso, peruvian revolutionary organization that endorsed maoism and employed guerrilla tactics and violent terrorism. Partido comunista del peru sendero luminoso, more commonly known as the shining path spanish. Sendero luminoso is a terrorist group located in peru that has developed an armed struggle since. Sendero luminoso a terrorist group formed in peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of peru. Sendero luminoso, is a revolutionary communist party and political organization in peru espousing marxismleninismmaoism and marxismleninismmaoismgonzalo thought. The shining path was founded in 1970 in a multiple split in the communist party of peru. Yet despite guzmans capture, sendero luminoso, spanish for shining path, remains peru s largest and most serious security problem. Sendero has grown from a few hundred cadre in 1980 to at least 15,000 active. Sendero luminoso definition of sendero luminoso by the. The emergence of sendero luminoso army university press. In mid 1982, edith lagos, a 19yearold peruvian guerrilla commander, died in a batde with the police in the small, remote southern highlands city of ayacucho. Shining path sendero luminoso signs and symbols of. More people tumed out for her funeral than for any other event in recent ayacucho history.
An extremist maoist organization, sendero has gained considerable peasant support in peru s southern highlands, especially in the ayacucho area. Sendero luminoso, is a communist revolutionary organization in peru espousing marxismleninismmaoism. Since 1980 it has been conducting a guerrilla war against the. An analysis of insurgency and counterinsurgency tactics. Its aims are to bring about a communist revolution. It took its name from the maxim of the founder of peru s first communist party. Many analysts believe that sendero luminoso sl, and its expanding connections with drug trafficking, is peru s primary security threat. Peasant rounds is the name given to autonomous peasant patrols in rural peru. In this article i shall examine the origins of a major rural revolutionary movement, sendero luminoso shining path. Sendero luminoso shining path is a maoist faction of the peruvian communist party that began its armed struggle against the peruvian government in 1980.
Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. This history compass article examines the ideological transformation of peru s sendero luminoso insurgency from its immediate origins in the 1960s in the remote province of ayacucho to its devolution to small armed bands of drug traffickers in the. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Presidente gonzalo, is the former leader of the shining path during the maoist insurgency known as the internal conflict in peru. When it first launched the internal conflict in peru in 1980. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Sendero spanish to english translation spanishdict. Information from its description page there is shown below. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.