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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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Shining Path 10
Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path canonical 3
Communist Party of Peru (Shining Path) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maoist organization ⓘ
guerrilla movement ⓘ
insurgent organization ⓘ
terrorist organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
surface form: Partido Comunista del Perú – Sendero Luminoso

Sendero Luminoso ⓘ
areaOfOperations Andean region ⓘ
surface form: 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 Cultural Revolution ⓘ
surface form: 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 (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maoism → influenced → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism → usedBy → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
this entity surface form: Communist Party of Peru (Shining Path)
Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path → alsoKnownAs → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
this entity surface form: Partido Comunista del Perú – Sendero Luminoso
José Carlos Mariátegui → influenced → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peruvian Communist Party
Lyubov Orlova → notableWork → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining Path
Abimael Guzmán → movement → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shining Path
Abimael Guzmán → leaderOf → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shining Path
Abimael Guzmán → founderOf → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shining Path
Abimael Guzmán → notableEvent → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
this entity surface form: launched Shining Path armed struggle in 1980
Sendero Luminoso → hasEnglishName → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shining Path
Chuschi, Ayacucho, Peru → associatedOrganization → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shining Path
Upper Huallaga Valley → associatedWith → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shining Path
Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s) → mainBelligerent → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shining Path
Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s) → perpetratorOfAbuses → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shining Path
Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s) → keyInsurgentOrganization → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
Tarata bombing → perpetrator → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shining Path
Tarata bombing → associatedOrganization → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement → distinctFrom → Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shining Path