Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
Complete database of events related to the internal armed conflict in Peru, extracted from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). 5,159 events documented from 1817 to 2003.
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Shining Path Must Still Be Fought on the Political-Ideological Terrain
On the 20th anniversary of the capture of the founder and absolute leader of Sendero Luminoso, Abimael Guzmán, the Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL) and the newspaper La República organized …
MOVADEF: Remnants of a Violent Phenomenon
MOVADEF, founded on November 20, 2009 and now with just over a year of existence, has managed to field several candidacies in the most recent regional and municipal elections. Likewise, …
Thought, Action, and Political Base of the Shining Path Movement. The War and the First Responses of the Community Members (1964-1983)
This text focuses on the political movement Sendero Luminoso (SL), which was formed as a splinter of the Partido Comunista Peruano (PCP), examining its political line, its actions, and the …
From Shining Path to the Militarization of the Country
In the following work, an attempt will be made to develop the causes of the so-called political-military success of the P.C.P. - Sendero Luminoso during the 1980s, what were clearly …
The Ideology of Shining Path
Is it possible to understand Sendero Luminoso? In public discourse, Sendero is usually seen as something indefinable, a deranged and irrational group. Others have explained Sendero as the product of …
Rise and Fall of Shining Path
We will explain the uses of Peruvian ethnic conflict that allowed Sendero Luminoso to grow for twelve years as a belligerent force, to the point of becoming a real threat …
Beginning, Development and Decline of Terrorism in Peru. The ABC of Shining Path and the MRTA, Expanded and Annotated. Volume I
This work has been printed in 2 volumes and eight chapters. The first volume covers the first three chapters and deals with the study of Sendero Luminoso from its name, …
On the Razor's Edge
This document has not yet been digitized in the BVVR. It can be consulted in person at the library of the Centro de Estudios y Promoción de Desarrollo, DESCO, in …
The Creed of Shining Path
Peru is mired in a general crisis whose only way out is revolution, and a military coup would only "aggravate the contradictions within the camp of reaction," declared members of …
Journalism for the People and by the People.
This publication is a compilation of articles that speak in favor of Sendero Luminoso ideology in the internal armed struggle. Known in Peru as "red literature," this series of articles …