Armed strike of the PCP-SL in Lima
On May 29, 1991, the PCP-SL called for an armed strike in Lima through the Revolutionary Movement for the Defense of the People, but the Lima population went out to work normally, representing a failure for the subversive strategy.
On May 29, 1991, the PCP-SL called for an armed strike in Lima through its front organization, the Revolutionary Movement for the Defense of the People (Movimiento Revolucionario de Defensa del Pueblo). Despite the call and the threats, the Lima population went out to work normally, which represented a failure for the Shining Path strategy. This armed strike was part of the PCP-SL's logic of intimidation to provoke the collapse of the State through the generalization of violence. The armed strikes were part of the third stage of violence in Metropolitan Lima, linked to the development of the "strategic balance" proclaimed by the subversive organization.