Increase in PCP-SL actions in Villa El Salvador
Between 1989 and 1990, the PCP-SL significantly intensified its actions in Villa El Salvador through sabotage, propaganda and acts of agitation, seeking to dispute the political hegemony of the left in the district.
In the framework of the announcement of the arrival of the "strategic balance" in 1989, the PCP-SL changed its strategy in Villa El Salvador seeking to dispute the hegemony of the left in the district. Throughout 1989 and 1990, the PCP-SL increased its actions with acts of sabotage and propaganda, including burning buses, attacks against electricity and water infrastructure, the police station and the premises of the governing party Cambio 90. They also carried out acts of agitation such as the distribution of leaflets in markets and schools, and the interception of trucks to distribute food among the population. This escalation sought to unmask the supposed futility of the left's peaceful option for social change.