Alan Garcia's controversial speech in Ayacucho on Shining Path mystique
Garcia's controversial speech in Ayacucho highlighting Shining Path mystique as an example, criticized by media as imprudent
At the beginning of July 1988, President Alan García gave a controversial speech in Ayacucho during the VII Congress of the Aprista Youth. He highlighted the mystique of the Shining Path and proposed it as an example for the youth of his party. Although there was no pro-Senderista sympathy, some media qualified his expressions as provocative and imprudent in the violent climate of 1988. In the same speech, García also criticized the cultural colonialism of TV.