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Hatun Willakuy. Abbreviated Version of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation
The content of this publication is a translation of the Abbreviated Version of the Peruvian Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission first published in Spanish in February 2004. …
Truth Commissions: a Schematic Overview
Volume 88 Number 862 June 2006. Numerous truth commissions of different types are being created around the world. The purpose of this schematic overview is to study the variety and …
What Happened to the Women? Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations
The IFCVR shows how, in addition to being direct victims of kidnappings, forced recruitment, arbitrary detentions, physical and psychological torture, forced disappearances, massacres and extrajudicial executions, women also suffered from …
From victims to heroes: peasant counter-rebellion and civil war in Ayacucho, Peru, 1980-2000.
The fieldwork for this project was carried out in two trips. The first period was in 1997 and lasted eight months. The second was in 2000, and was carried out …
The Politics of Terrorism. Terror as a State and Revolutionary Strategy
The papers collected in this volume are published by the Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute (FPI) in order to increase public understanding of the sources and purposes of terrorism. Each …
The Monkey's Paw
On my first trip to Peru in 1983, I slipped a note into my pocket to give to the guerrillas in case they stopped the bus and searched the passengers. …
Unrealized Expectations and Political Violence in Peru's Shining Path Insurgency.
This paper argues that Sendero Luminoso's ideological promotion of political violence is attractive to some disenfranchised individuals whose aspirations are unsatisfied by their achievements. However, it does not assert that …
Between Reform and Revolution
Poverty, fanaticism, lack of institutional representation, or frustrated expectations among peasants are some of the principal explanations scholars have offered for the civil war. After a close examination of the …
Shining Path: An Annotated Bibliography of the Shining Path Guerrilla Movement 1980-1993
This annotated bibliography consists of monographs and periodical articles; it does not include newspapers, Peruvians or U.S. While a great deal of good reporting on the war has come from …
Peru: Caught in the Crossfire
A woman from Huamanga, the capital of Ayacucho, was asked by a cousin if he could stay in her house one evening. Even though she knew her cousin was said …
From the Sierra to the Cities. The Urban Campaign of the Shining Path.
This report describes the Shining Path's urban campaign against the government of Peru. The study is founded on a database assessment of war, the author's travels in Peru, and interviews …
Shining Path. The World's Deadliest Revolutionary Force
The author was born in London. He was foreign correspondent for the BBC and The Independent in Ecuador and Peru in 1988. This book is based on hundreds of interviews …
Peru: Time of Fear
When, on the night of his capture, Abimael Guzmán, leader of Sendero Luminoso, came face to face with General Antonio Vidal, head of Peru's elite anti-terrorism police (DIRCOTE), he apparently …
Intellectuals and Peasants. Shining Path in Ayacucho, Peru
Many peruvians conceive of the Senderistas as a group of fanatics, blindly dedicated to Gonzalo's ideology and program. The armed forces have never understood the movement's power and appeal. One …
The Text and Context of Terror in Peru
After spending almost 20 years conducting ethnographic research in the department of Ayacucho, Perú, I find myself listening to the tapes recording of the voices from communities that I have …
Shining Path and the Threat of Narcoterrorism.
Sendero Luminoso – the "Shining Path" – ranks among the most elusive, secretive, and brutal guerrilla organizations in the world. For a decade, it has carried out a violent, clandestine …
The Emerging Patterns of Peasants' Responses to Shining Path
Since the beginning of Sendero Luminoso's declaration of a "prolonged peoples of war" in 1980, one of the most frequently asked questions has been: "Does Sendero Luminoso have peasant support?" …
Shining Path: A Bibliography
The peruvian guerrilla movement "Sendero Luminoso" first came to public attention in 1980 with violence in the departments of Ayacucho and Lima. Since that time, its influence on Peruvian politics …