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Shining Path

Summary:

Widely condemned for its brutality, including violence deployed against peasant, trade union organizers, popularly elected officials and the general civilian population, the Shining Path's goal was to replace what it saw as bourgeois democracy with " New Democracy, which would be a democracy of the proloteriat. The ultimate aim of Shining Path is to overthrow the existing Peruvian government and political institutions and replace them with a communist revolutionary command.VideoVideo: 2009 Al Jazeera Documentary Video: 2011 leader of Peru's Shining Path, a Maoist armed group, has admitted defeat and is asking for a truce, Comrade Artemio has asked the government for an amnesty and dialogue. However, the announcement might not mean the end of the fighting. A small faction of the group has pledged to continue the conflict that has already taken more than 70,000 lives.Video: 13 August 2013 - President Ollanta Humala announced that…

Shining Path, also known as Sendero Luminosa, SL, Communist Party of Peru / PCP-SL is an active group formed c. 1968.

TRAC Analysis: Ideology

Narcoterrorism, Transnational Crime and Terrorism / Organized Crime, Left Wing Terrorist Groups (Marxist), Terrorism and Governmental Policy

TRAC Analysis: Tactics

Narcoterrorism, Terrorist Strategy in Countering Counter-Insurgency, Arms Supplies and Terrorism, Attacks on Soft Targets, Transnational Crime and Terrorism / Organized Crime, Bombings, Armed Assault, Television and Internet Influences on Terrorist Methods, Hijacking as a Terrorist Tactic, Finance and Terrorism

TRAC Analysis: Targets

Attacks on Soft Targets, Attacks on Electrical Grids

Responses by Terrorists

Terrorist Strategy in Countering Counter-Insurgency, Arms Supplies and Terrorism

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