Formation of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
PSR-MIR alliance adopts name of Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA)
On March 1, the PSR (ML)-MIR-EM alliance adopted the name Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA). This organization arose from the alliance between the Marxist-Leninist Revolutionary Socialist Party and the Revolutionary Left Movement El Militante, which had united in June 1980 with the aim of reinitiating the guerrilla struggle initiated by the MIR in 1965.