Peru called elections for the first time in twelve years in 1980. Sendero Luminoso was one of the few leftist groups that did not take part and instead chose to …
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16 documents in Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Peru
"El tiempo del miedo. La violencia política en el Perú 1980–1996," by Nelson Manrique, addresses one of the most complete periods in our history: that of a tragedy whose consequences …
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 …
Political violence in the department of Ayacucho began on May 18, 1980, when members of the PCP-SL burned the ballot boxes and electoral rolls of the Jurado Electoral of the …
For more than sixteen years a small group of individuals, calling themselves the "Partido Comunista del Perú" but better known as Sendero Luminoso, after the slogan that crowned their mouthpiece …
The purpose of this book is to contribute to awakening and shaking the leading and privileged strata of Peruvian society, after twelve years of a war declared against the democratic …
The work begins by summarizing the conception of the world, life, and humanity from both Marxist and Christian philosophical perspectives; it then addresses the historical-cultural evolution that gave rise to …
The Partido Comunista del Perú, known as Sendero Luminoso (PCP-SL), is a subversive and terrorist organization that in May 1980 unleashed an armed conflict against the Peruvian state and society. …
This book examines the conditions that made it possible for Sendero Luminoso (SL) to emerge in Ayacucho in the 1960s and 1970s. The book's thesis is that its appearance had …
The work situates the phenomenon of Sendero Luminoso in the national context and then sketches a set of ideas around the following topics: the regional setting in which Sendero Luminoso …
In this book we attempt to demonstrate that, in the ideological field, Sendero Luminoso is merely a poor imitation of Maoist ideas about revolution in backward countries, with total ignorance …
On April 19, 1980, in a remote corner of Ayacucho, a long, meticulous and patient preparation for a new insurrectional adventure was brought to a close. On that day the …
At the end of 1981 we published, under the title "El PCP – Sendero Luminoso," a historiographical pamphlet on the origin, theory, and tactics of this political organization of the …
Between 1980 and 1982 the political scene in Peru was marked by three principal events: the return to a civilian constitutional government with the Acción Popular — Partido Popular Cristiano …
Proclamation of the start of terrorism, euphemistically called by SL "guerrilla warfare."
Manifesto in which the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso — SL — announces the beginning of the armed struggle that, as is known, caused the greatest atrocities committed in Peru between …
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