In 1969, following internal disputes within the Communist Party of Peru - Bandera Roja, Abimael Guzmán and his faction broke away to form a new political organization known as PCP Sendero Luminoso. This organization was named after the slogan used by the Revolutionary Student Front (FER) at the National University …
In 1969, student movements in Huanta and Ayacucho were centered around the defense of free education. Marcos, a student from Pujas studying Education at the National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga, participated in these movements and later joined the FER and PCP-SL. The political influence of these movements extended …
In August 1982, the Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (PCP-SL) organized a massive attack on the Allpachaca farm of the National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga (UNSCH). Between 300 to 400 campesinos participated in the destruction of infrastructure, killing of livestock, and destruction of tractors, which they …