General blackout in Lima
On November 24, 1981, after a Molotov bomb attack in Miraflores, there was a general blackout that cut off electricity throughout Lima. This was the only initial symbolic act of the PCP-SL that caught the attention of the population and the political class.
On the night of November 24, 1981, about a hundred people staged a riot in the center of Miraflores, causing material damage to the branches of the Credito and Continental banks. The group exploded several Molotov cocktails shouting 'down with the government', 'the guerrilla is the way' and 'the guerrilla against hunger'. A few hours later, at approximately 11:00 p.m., there was a blackout that cut the power supply throughout the city. This was the only symbolic act of the PCP-SL that attracted the attention of the city population and the political class in the first years of the conflict.