Shining Path

Shining Path (Spanish: Sendero Luminoso) is an insurgent Maoist guerrilla organization in Peru (the group refers to itself as the Communist Party of Peru). Its followers are generally called senderistas.

Related Topics:
Spanish - Insurgent - Maoist - Guerrilla - Peru - Communist Party of Peru

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Its stated goal is to replace Peruvian bourgeois institutions with a communist peasant revolutionary regime. After the capture of its leader Abimael Guzmán in 1992, it has only been sporadically active.

Related Topics:
Bourgeois - Communist - Abimael Guzmán - 1992

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Widely condemned for its brutality, including violence deployed against ordinary peasants, trade union organizers, popularly elected officials and the general civilian population, Sendero is on the U.S. Department of State's "Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations" list. Peru, the United Kingdom and the European Union likewise regard Shining Path as a terrorist group and prohibit providing funding or other financial support.

Related Topics:
Peasant - Trade union - U.S. Department of State - Foreign Terrorist Organizations - United Kingdom - European Union - Terrorist

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The movement's ideology and tactics have been copied by other Marxist guerrilla groups, notably the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in Nepal. Both the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and Shining Path are members of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement.

Related Topics:
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) - Nepal - Revolutionary Internationalist Movement

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