In June 1976, the left promoted the formation of the Central Highway Struggle Committee, representative of the unions in the industrial zone. This committee organized mobilizations and a strong strike in solidarity with the workers of the Nylon factory. The action culminated in a violent confrontation with police forces and …
The National Strike of July 19, 1977 demonstrated the unity between the labor and neighborhood movements in Metropolitan Lima. It is estimated that 43% of the slum dwellers were workers, which facilitated an intense but spontaneous participation of the slum dwellers. This strike was called by the 'Comité de Coordinación …
In 1982, the PCP-SL was still a politically minority force in the UNE, while the United Left bloc constituted the New University project, which involved teachers, authorities and students. In this first moment, the PCP-SL articulated its work in the MOTC (Workers and Classist Workers Movement) of the Carretera Central. …
In 1988, the PCP-SL intensified its activities in the industrial sector of Peru, marked by violent actions. They executed company officials and led a general strike at a factory on the Carretera Central, which ended in a violent eviction after fifty days. Additionally, during a national strike in January 1988, …
On April 11, 1988, the industrial community and the unions of workers and employees of the COPE factory formed a united front and took over the factory in response to the employers' refusal to negotiate their demands. The takeover occurred in the context of a labor conflict and the infiltration …
The Comité de Lucha de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas de la Carretera Central (CLOTCCC) published its founding manifesto in a full-page article in the newspaper El Diario. This committee was formed in May 1988 after a plenary meeting of approximately 100 delegates from various trade union bases from the eastern …
Between September 27 and 29, 1988, a 72-hour strike was held on the Central Highway, which coincided with the beginning of the armed actions of the PCP-SL in that area. This strike marked the beginning of a series of armed strikes that the PCP-SL would organize in Lima in the …
In 1989, the PCP-SL managed to promote the Committee of Struggle of the class-conscious workers of the Central Highway, in coordination with Puka Llaqta and the UNIR-Bolchevique. This allowed it to control the USE of Ate Vitarte. The Carretera Central was an area closely linked to the university, whose infrastructure …
On January 19, 1989, the PCP Shining Path called the first armed strike on the Central Highway. This event was part of the PCP-SL's strategy to intensify its presence in Lima and the industrial zones, seeking to develop the confrontation of the union movement with the forces of law and …
On January 19, 1989, the PCP-Sendero Luminoso called and carried out the first armed strike in Lima, specifically in the area of the Central Highway. This armed strike strategically coincided with the First Congress of the United Left that was being held in Huampaní, with the political objective of competing …
On February 2, 1989, the Shining Path PCP called the first armed strike in the entire city of Lima. This event marked an escalation in the subversive strategy of bringing armed conflict to the nation's capital. The armed strike was part of a broader strategy of the PCP-SL to expand …
On March 20, 1990, the PCP-SL assassinated Joel Podestá, industrial relations manager of Tejidos La Unión, the largest textile factory in the country. This assassination was part of the Shining Path campaign to eliminate officials of this strategic company on the Central Highway.
Sympathizers of the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) held marches along different stretches of the Central Highway. The demonstration was carried out in protest against the countries that formed the allied block against Iraq in the context of the Gulf War. This action was part of the …
In June 1991, the Movimiento de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas (MOTC), a front organization of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, initiated a wave of violence against the Tejidos La Unión factory in Ate Vitarte, assassinating company officials. This attack occurred after the PCP-SL failed in its attempts to win union leadership in …
In July 2002, a group organized to block the Carretera Central in Peru. The participants were instructed to carry vinegar for their eyes and small stones for defense. The organization was meticulous, with participants divided into sectors and roles, and decisions were made collectively.