Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path

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Maoist organization guerrilla movement insurgent organization terrorist organization

The Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path is a Peruvian far-left insurgent organization known for its violent Maoist guerrilla campaign against the state during the late 20th century.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Maoist organization → guerrilla movement → insurgent organization → terrorist organization →
alsoKnownAs	Partido Comunista del Perú – Sendero Luminoso → Sendero Luminoso →
areaOfOperations	Andean highlands of Peru → Upper Huallaga Valley →
beganArmedStruggle	1980 →
conflict	Internal conflict in Peru → Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s) →
country	Peru →
designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy	Canada → European Union → Peru → United States →
firstArmedActionLocation	Chuschi, Ayacucho, Peru →
founded	1969 →
foundedBy	Abimael Guzmán →
goal	establish a communist state in Peru → overthrow the Peruvian state →
ideology	Maoism → Marxism–Leninism →
inspiredBy	Chinese Cultural Revolution →
knownFor	extreme ideological rigidity → high levels of violence against civilians →
languageOfPropaganda	Spanish →
leader	Abimael Guzmán →
leaderCaptured	1992 →
leaderCapturedBy	Peruvian security forces →
namedAfter	José Carlos Mariátegui’s concept of the shining path to revolution →
notableAttack	Tarata bombing →
opposedOrganizations	Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement →
opposedTo	Government of Peru →
peakActivityPeriod	1980s → early 1990s →
politicalPosition	far-left →
primaryAreaOfOperations	Ayacucho Region →
recruitedFrom	rural indigenous communities → university students →
startDate	late 1960s →
tactics	assassinations → bombings → guerrilla warfare → massacres of civilians → terrorist attacks →
TarataBombingDate	1992 →
uses	red flag with hammer and sickle →
weakenedAfter	capture of Abimael Guzmán →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
José Carlos Mariátegui ("Peruvian Communist Party") → Maoism →	influenced
Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ("Partido Comunista del Perú – Sendero Luminoso") →	alsoKnownAs
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism ("Communist Party of Peru (Shining Path)") →	usedBy