During the 1986 teachers' strike in Peru, the government, led by Minister Grover Pango Vildoso, accused the teachers' union SUTEP of having connections with subversive groups, including the PCP-SL and the armed group Pukallacta. The accusations were based on the union's combative stance and alleged infiltration by extremist political parties. …
In 1987, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso made its appearance in the mining settlement of Morococha. The Morococha unions were dominated by the 'Pukallacta' group, a radical faction of Patria Roja, with which the Shining Path would appear that year. It is considered possible that some Shining Path militants who had been …
The Second Ordinary National Congress of the National Federation of Mining, Metallurgical and Iron and Steel Workers of Peru (FNTMMSP) was held in a highly militarized and radicalized atmosphere. The great majority of the leaders present responded politically to organizations belonging to Izquierda Unida (IU), although there were also representatives …
