Military Concerns about PCP-SL Influence in Education
In 1989, General Howard Rodríguez Málaga, the political-military chief of Ayacucho, expressed concerns about the presence of the Shining Path (PCP-SL) in the educational sector. He urged the Minister of Education, Mercedes Cabanillas Bustamante, to address infrastructure and resource deficiencies in schools. The military viewed educators with suspicion, associating them …