In 1968, Efraín Morote's term as rector of the UNSCH came to an end. The power of PCP-Bandera Roja in the University would increase after his departure. In 1969 the military government promulgated Law 17437, which sought to reorganize and depoliticize the public universities, replacing the legally elected university councils …
In 1968 the Red Flag Youth shows discrepancies against its national leadership asking Abimael Guzman to lead a new division. Guzmán did not accept and finally the youth and teachers' bases promoted the formation of a new party known as the PCP-Patria Roja. Previously, in 1965 the PCP-Bandera Roja had …
The division of the PCP-Red Flag would also produce the division of the FER between the so-called FER of the Mountains, initially linked to the PCP-Red Flag, and the FER for the Shining Path of Mariátegui, formed by the followers of Guzmán and by whose slogan the newly created party …
In 1970, following internal conflicts within the PCP-Bandera Roja, Abimael Guzmán established the PCP-Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) in Ayacucho, Peru. This new faction emerged from the CR 'José Carlos Mariátegui' and was influenced by Guzmán's ideological vision. The split was marked by Guzmán's isolation from the main party, leading to …