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The Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (Partido Comunista del Perú - Sendero Luminoso), more commonly known as the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso), is a Maoist guerrilla group in Peru. [1]

164 relations: Abimael Guzmán, Alberto Fujimori, Alejandro Toledo, American Convention on Human Rights, Amnesty International, Andes, Antero Flores Aráoz, Anti-revisionism, APRODEH, Apurímac Region, Argentina, Army Intelligence Service, Arthur Hailey, Assassination, Associated Press, Ayacucho, Ayacucho Region, Áncash Region, Óscar Ramírez, Balaclava (clothing), Ballot, Ballot box, Barrios Altos massacre, Bayer, BBC, BBC News, Bourgeoisie, Camisea Gas Project, Canada, Car bomb, China, Chuschi, Cocaine, Colombia, Communism, Communism in Peru, Communist Party of India (Maoist), Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), Communist Party of the Philippines, Communist society, Comrade Alipio, Comrade Artemio, Coup d'état, Cult of personality, Cultural Revolution, Cusco Region, Death in the Andes, Definitions of terrorism, Deng Xiaoping, Deseret News, ..., Dictatorship of the proletariat, Duke University Press, Elections in Peru, Escape from L.A., European Union, Far-left politics, Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Feudalism, Forced disappearance, Front organization, Gary Ley, George W. Bush, Grupo Colina, Guerrilla warfare, Gustavo Gorriti, Harvard University Press, Hatun Asha ambush, Huanca Sancos Province, Huancavelica Region, Huancayo, Huánuco Region, Human Rights Watch, IMDb, Imperialism, Indigenous peoples in Peru, Insurgency, Internal conflict in Peru, Interrogation, JAG (TV series), José Carlos Mariátegui, Kurt Russell, La Cantuta massacre, La República, Left-wing politics, Liberté, égalité, fraternité, Lima, List of designated terrorist groups, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Maoism, María Elena Moyano, Mario Vargas Llosa, Marxism, Marxism–Leninism, Marxism–Leninism–Maoism, Miraflores District, Lima, National Intelligence Service (Peru), National University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle, National University of Engineering, National University of San Marcos, New Democracy, Nicholas Shakespeare, Ollanta Humala, Peasant, Peru, Peruvian Armed Forces, Peruvian Army, Peruvian Communist Party, Peruvian Communist Party – Red Flag, Philosophy, Poland, Popular Action (Peru), Power outage, President of the United States, Proletariat, Pseudonym, Psoriasis, Raúl Alfonsín, Rafael Rey, Rape, Red flag (politics), Reuters, Revisionism (Marxism), Revolutionary Internationalist Movement, Ronda Campesina, San Cristóbal of Huamanga University, Santiago de Lucanamarca District, Self-criticism, Shanty town, Shotgun, Slavery, Socialist Party (Peru), Socialist state, St. Martin's Press, Stabbing, State of emergency, Stéphane Courtois, Stoning, Student council, Subversion, Surquillo, Tambo District, La Mar, Tarata bombing, Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, Techint, The Black Book of Communism, The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, The New York Times, The Washington Times, Tony Kushner, Torture, Trade union, Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Peru), United States, United States Agency for International Development, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, University of Massachusetts Press, University of North Carolina Press, Valentín Paniagua, Vanguardism, Villa El Salvador, World revolution, Yankee, Yehude Simon, 1983 Lucanamarca massacre. Expand index (114 more) »

Abimael Guzmán

Manuel Rubén Abimael Guzmán Reynoso (born 3 December 1934), also known by the nom de guerre Chairman Gonzalo (Presidente Gonzalo), a former professor of philosophy, is the former leader of the Shining Path during the Maoist insurgency known as the internal conflict in Peru.

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Alberto Fujimori

Alberto Kenya Fujimori Fujimori (born 26 July 1938 or 4 August 1938) is a Peruvian former politician who served as the President of Peru from 28 July 1990 to 22 November 2000.

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Alejandro Toledo

Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique (born 28 March 1946) is a Peruvian politician who served as the 63rd President of Peru, from 2001 to 2006.

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American Convention on Human Rights

The American Convention on Human Rights, also known as the Pact of San José, is an international human rights instrument.

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a London-based non-governmental organization focused on human rights.

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Andes

The Andes or Andean Mountains (Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world.

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Antero Flores Aráoz

Ántero Flores Aráoz Esparza (b.Feb. 28,1942) is a Peruvian lawyer and politician.

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Anti-revisionism

Anti-revisionism is a position within Marxism–Leninism which emerged in the 1950s in opposition to the reforms of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.

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APRODEH

Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APRODEH; Association for Human Rights in Peru) is a Peruvian human rights organization.

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Apurímac Region

Apurímac is a region in southern-central Peru.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.

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Army Intelligence Service

Servicio de Inteligencia del Ejército (Army Intelligence Service, SIE) is the Argentine Army's intelligence agency.

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Arthur Hailey

Arthur Hailey (April 5, 1920 – November 24, 2004) was a British-Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries.

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Assassination

Assassination is the killing of a prominent person, either for political or religious reasons or for payment.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Ayacucho

Ayacucho (Ayacuchu), is the capital city of Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru.

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Ayacucho Region

Ayacucho is a region of Peru, located in the south-central Andes of the country.

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Áncash Region

Ancash (Anqash) (Áncash) is a region of northern Peru.

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Óscar Ramírez

Óscar Ramírez Durand (born 16 March 1953), who is commonly known as Comrade Feliciano, was one of the leaders of the Shining Path, a Marxist, Leninist, Maoist group in Peru.

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Balaclava (clothing)

A balaclava, also known as a balaclava helmet or ski mask, is a form of cloth headgear designed to expose only part of the face.

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Ballot

A ballot is a device used to cast votes in an election, and may be a piece of paper or a small ball used in secret voting.

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Ballot box

A ballot box is a temporarily sealed container, usually a square box though sometimes a tamper resistant bag, with a narrow slot in the top sufficient to accept a ballot paper in an election but which prevents anyone from accessing the votes cast until the close of the voting period.

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Barrios Altos massacre

The Barrios Altos massacre took place on 3 November 1991, in the Barrios Altos neighborhood of Lima, Peru.

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Bayer

Bayer AG is a German multinational, pharmaceutical and life sciences company.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie is a polysemous French term that can mean.

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Camisea Gas Project

The Camisea Gas Project extracts and transports natural gas originating near the Urubamba River in central Peru, the San Martín Reservoir.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Car bomb

A car bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device placed inside a car or other vehicle and detonated.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chuschi

Chuschi is a town in the Chuschi District of the Cangallo Province of the Ayacucho Region of Peru.

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Cocaine

Cocaine, also known as coke, is a strong stimulant mostly used as a recreational drug.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.

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Communism

In political and social sciences, communism (from Latin communis, "common, universal") is the philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state.

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Communism in Peru

Several different left-oriented organizations in Peru refer to themselves as communist (comunista) parties, movements, organizations, groups, etc.

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Communist Party of India (Maoist)

The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is a Maoist communist party in India which aims to overthrow the government of India through people's war.

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Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)

The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (माओवादी केन्द्र)) was a communist political party in Nepal.

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Communist Party of the Philippines

The Communist Party of the Philippines (Filipino: Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas) is a revolutionary organization and the leading communist party in the Philippines, formed by Jose Maria Sison on December 26, 1968.

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Communist society

In Marxist thought, communist society or the communist system is the type of society and economic system postulated to emerge from technological advances in the productive forces, representing the ultimate goal of the political ideology of Communism.

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Comrade Alipio

Comrade Alipio was a Shining Path commander and one of the highest-ranking members of the Shining Path.

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Comrade Artemio

Florindo Eleuterio Flores Hala, known as Comrade Artemio (born September 8, 1961) is a former leader of the Peruvian Maoist group Shining Path.

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Coup d'état

A coup d'état, also known simply as a coup, a putsch, golpe de estado, or an overthrow, is a type of revolution, where the illegal and overt seizure of a state by the military or other elites within the state apparatus occurs.

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Cult of personality

A cult of personality arises when a country's regime – or, more rarely, an individual politician – uses the techniques of mass media, propaganda, the big lie, spectacle, the arts, patriotism, and government-organized demonstrations and rallies to create an idealized, heroic, and worshipful image of a leader, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.

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Cultural Revolution

The Cultural Revolution, formally the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in China from 1966 until 1976.

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Cusco Region

Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (Qusqu suyu), is a region in Peru.

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Death in the Andes

Death in the Andes (Lituma en los Andes) is a 1993 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa.

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Definitions of terrorism

There is no universal agreement on the definition of terrorism.

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Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997), courtesy name Xixian (希贤), was a Chinese politician.

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Deseret News

The Deseret News is a newspaper published in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

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Dictatorship of the proletariat

In Marxist sociopolitical thought, the dictatorship of the proletariat refers to a state in which the proletariat, or the working class, has control of political power.

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Duke University Press

Duke University Press is an academic publisher of books and journals, and a unit of Duke University.

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Elections in Peru

In Peru, the people directly elect a head of state (the president) as well as a legislature.

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Escape from L.A.

Escape from L.A. (also known as John Carpenter's Escape from L.A. or Escape from Los Angeles) is a 1996 American post-apocalyptic action film co-written, co-scored, and directed by John Carpenter, co-written and produced by Debra Hill and Kurt Russell, with Russell also starring as Snake Plissken.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Far-left politics

Far-left politics are political views located further on the left of the left-right spectrum than the standard political left.

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Fernando Belaúnde Terry

Fernando Belaúnde Terry (October 7, 1912 – June 4, 2002) was a Peruvian politician who served as the 57th and 60th President of Peru (1963–1968 and 1980–1985).

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Feudalism

Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries.

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Forced disappearance

In international human rights law, a forced disappearance (or enforced disappearance) occurs when a person is secretly abducted or imprisoned by a state or political organization or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organization, followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate and whereabouts, with the intent of placing the victim outside the protection of the law.

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Front organization

A front organization is any entity set up by and controlled by another organization, such as intelligence agencies, organized crime groups, banned organizations, religious or political groups, advocacy groups, or corporations.

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Gary Ley

Gary Ley (born 1956) is a Welsh novelist and sculpture technician.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Grupo Colina

Grupo Colina (Spanish for "hill group") was a military anti-communist death squad created in Peru that was active from 1990 until 1994, during the administration of Alberto Fujimori.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which a small group of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.

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Gustavo Gorriti

Gustavo Andrés Gorriti Ellenbogen (born 4 February 1948, Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian journalist known for his reporting on rebel groups, government corruption, and drug trafficking.

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Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing.

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Hatun Asha ambush

The Hatun Asha ambush took place on the eve of the 2016 Peruvian general election.

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Huanca Sancos Province

Huanca Sancos is a province in central Ayacucho, Peru.

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Huancavelica Region

Huancavelica is a region in Peru with an area of and a population of 454,797 (2007 census).

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Huancayo

Huancayo (in Wanka Quechua: Wankayuq, '(place) with a (sacred) rock') is the capital of Junín Region, in the central highlands of Peru.

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Huánuco Region

Huánuco is a region in central Peru.

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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.

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IMDb

IMDb, also known as Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to world films, television programs, home videos and video games, and internet streams, including cast, production crew and personnel biographies, plot summaries, trivia, and fan reviews and ratings.

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Imperialism

Imperialism is a policy that involves a nation extending its power by the acquisition of lands by purchase, diplomacy or military force.

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Indigenous peoples in Peru

Indigenous peoples in Peru, or Native Peruvians, comprise a large number of distinct ethnic groups who have inhabited the country of Peru's territory since before the arrival of Europeans around 1500.

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Insurgency

An insurgency is a rebellion against authority (for example, an authority recognized as such by the United Nations) when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognized as belligerents (lawful combatants).

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Internal conflict in Peru

The Peru's internal War on Terror, beginning in 1980, is an ongoing armed conflict between the government of Peru and some terrorist organizations such as the insurgent People's Guerilla Army (Ejército Guerrillero Popular), armed wing of the Communist Party of Peru (known as Shining Path or "PCP-SL") and the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement which was also involved in the conflict from 1982 to 1997.

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Interrogation

Interrogation (also called questioning) is interviewing as commonly employed by law enforcement officers, military personnel, and intelligence agencies with the goal of eliciting useful information.

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JAG (TV series)

JAG (U.S. military acronym for Judge Advocate General) is an American legal drama television show with a distinct U.S. Navy theme, created by Donald P. Bellisario, and produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Network Television (now CBS Television Studios).

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José Carlos Mariátegui

José Carlos Mariátegui La Chira (14 June 1894 – 16 April 1930) was a Peruvian intellectual, journalist, political philosopher, and communist.

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Kurt Russell

Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor.

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La Cantuta massacre

The La Cantuta massacre, in which supposed members of Sendero Luminoso, a university professor and nine students from Lima's La Cantuta University were abducted by a military death squad, took place in Peru on 18 July 1992 during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori.

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La República

La República is a center-left newspaper published in Lima, Peru.

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Left-wing politics

Left-wing politics supports social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy.

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Liberté, égalité, fraternité

Liberté, égalité, fraternité, French for "liberty, equality, fraternity", is the national motto of France and the Republic of Haiti, and is an example of a tripartite motto.

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Lima

Lima (Quechua:, Aymara) is the capital and the largest city of Peru.

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List of designated terrorist groups

This is a list of designated terrorist groups by national governments, former governments, and inter-governmental organizations, where the proscription has a significant effect on the group's activities.

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Lynne Rienner Publishers

Lynne Rienner Publishers is an independent scholarly and textbook publishing firm based in Boulder, CO.

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Maoism

Maoism, known in China as Mao Zedong Thought, is a political theory derived from the teachings of the Chinese political leader Mao Zedong, whose followers are known as Maoists.

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María Elena Moyano

María Elena Moyano Delgado (29 November 1958 – February 15, 1992) was a Peruvian community organizer, feminist and activist of Afro-Peruvian descent who was assassinated by the Maoist Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) Terrorist group.

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Mario Vargas Llosa

Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born March 28, 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa, is a Peruvian writer, politician, journalist, essayist and college professor.

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Marxism

Marxism is a method of socioeconomic analysis that views class relations and social conflict using a materialist interpretation of historical development and takes a dialectical view of social transformation.

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Marxism–Leninism

In political science, Marxism–Leninism is the ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, of the Communist International and of Stalinist political parties.

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Marxism–Leninism–Maoism

Marxism–Leninism–Maoism (M–L–M or MLM, formerly known as Marxism–Leninism–Mao Zedong Thought) is a political philosophy that builds upon Marxism–Leninism and some aspects of Mao Zedong Thought which was first formalised in 1993 by the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement.

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Miraflores District, Lima

Miraflores is a district of the Lima Province in Peru.

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National Intelligence Service (Peru)

The National Intelligence Service was an intelligence agency of the Government of Peru.

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National University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle

The National University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle (Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle), often called La Cantuta, is a university in the Lima area of Peru.

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National University of Engineering

The National University of Engineering (Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, UNI) is a public engineering and science university located in the Rímac District of Lima, Peru.

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National University of San Marcos

The National University of San Marcos (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, UNMSM) is a public research university in Lima, capital of Peru.

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New Democracy

New Democracy or the New Democratic Revolution is a concept based on Mao Zedong's "Bloc of Four Social Classes" theory in post-revolutionary China which argued originally that democracy in China would take a decisively distinct path, much different from that of the liberal capitalist and parliamentary democratic systems in the Western world as well as Soviet-style socialism in Eastern Europe.

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Nicholas Shakespeare

Nicholas William Richmond Shakespeare FRSL (born 3 March 1957) is a British novelist and biographer, described by the Wall Street Journal as "one of the best English novelists of our time".

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Ollanta Humala

Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso (born 27 June 1962) is a Peruvian politician who served as the 65th President of Peru from 2011 to 2016.

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Peasant

A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or farmer, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees or services to a landlord.

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Peru

Peru (Perú; Piruw Republika; Piruw Suyu), officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America.

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Peruvian Armed Forces

The Peruvian Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas del Perú) are the military services of Peru, comprising independent Army, Navy and Air Force components.

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Peruvian Army

The Peruvian Army (Ejército del Perú, abbreviated EP) is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with safeguarding the independence, sovereignty and integrity of national territory on land through military force.

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Peruvian Communist Party

The Peruvian Communist Party (in Spanish: Partido Comunista Peruano) is a communist party in Peru.

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Peruvian Communist Party – Red Flag

Peruvian Communist Party – Red Flag (in Spanish: Partido Comunista Peruano - Bandera Roja), was a communist party in Peru founded in 1964 following a split in the Peruvian Communist Party.

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Philosophy

Philosophy (from Greek φιλοσοφία, philosophia, literally "love of wisdom") is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.

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Poland

Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.

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Popular Action (Peru)

The Popular Action (Acción Popular, AP) is a political party in Peru.

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Power outage

A power outage (also called a power cut, a power out, a power blackout, power failure or a blackout) is a short-term or a long-term loss of the electric power to a particular area.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Proletariat

The proletariat (from Latin proletarius "producing offspring") is the class of wage-earners in a capitalist society whose only possession of significant material value is their labour-power (their ability to work).

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Pseudonym

A pseudonym or alias is a name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which can differ from their first or true name (orthonym).

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Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a long-lasting autoimmune disease characterized by patches of abnormal skin.

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Raúl Alfonsín

Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes (12 March 1927 – 31 March 2009) was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as the President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989.

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Rafael Rey

Rafael Rey Rey (born on February 26, 1954) is a Peruvian politician.

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Rape

Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without that person's consent.

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Red flag (politics)

In politics, a red flag is predominantly a symbol of socialism, communism, Marxism, and left-wing politics; it has been associated with left-wing politics since the French Revolution (1789–99).

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Reuters

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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Revisionism (Marxism)

Within the Marxist movement, the word revisionism is used to refer to various ideas, principles and theories that are based on a significant revision of fundamental Marxist premises.

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Revolutionary Internationalist Movement

The Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM) was an international Communist organization founded in France in March 1984 by 17 various Maoist organisations around the world.

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Ronda Campesina

Ronda Campesina (Peasant Rounds) is the name given to autonomous peasant patrols in rural Peru.

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San Cristóbal of Huamanga University

The San Cristóbal of Huamanga National University (in Spanish, Universidad Nacional de San Cristóbal de Huamanga) is a public university located in the city of Ayacucho (formerly known as Huamanga) in southern Peru.

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Santiago de Lucanamarca District

Santiago de Lucanamarca District is one of four districts of the province Huanca Sancos in Peru.

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Self-criticism

Self-criticism involves how an individual evaluates oneself.

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Shanty town

A shanty town or squatter area is a settlement of improvised housing which is known as shanties or shacks, made of plywood, corrugated metal, sheets of plastic, and cardboard boxes.

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Shotgun

A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug.

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Slavery

Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property.

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Socialist Party (Peru)

The Socialist Party (Spanish: Partido Socialista) is a Peruvian political party founded in 2005.

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Socialist state

A socialist state, socialist republic or socialist country (sometimes workers' state or workers' republic) is a sovereign state constitutionally dedicated to the establishment of socialism.

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Stabbing

A stabbing is penetration with a sharp or pointed object at close range.

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State of emergency

A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to perform actions that it would normally not be permitted.

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Stéphane Courtois

Stéphane Courtois (born 25 November 1947) is a French historian and university professor, a Director of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Professor at the Catholic Institute of Higher Studies (ICES) in La Roche-sur-Yon, and Director of a collection specialized in the history of communist movements and regimes.

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Stoning

Stoning, or lapidation, is a method of capital punishment whereby a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies.

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Student council

A student council (also known as a student union or associated student body) is a curricular or extracurricular activity for students within elementary and secondary schools around the world.

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Subversion

Subversion (Latin subvertere: overthrow) refers to a process by which the values and principles of a system in place are contradicted or reversed, an attempt to transform the established social order and its structures of power, authority, hierarchy, and norm (social).

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Surquillo

Surquillo District is a district in Lima, Peru.

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Tambo District, La Mar

Tambo District is one of eight districts of the La Mar Province in Peru.

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Tarata bombing

The Tarata bombing was a terrorist attack in Lima, Peru, on July 16, 1992, by the Shining Path terrorist group.

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Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement

The Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru, abbreviated MRTA) was a Peruvian radical group which started in the early 1980s.

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Techint

Techint is an Italian-Argentine conglomerate founded in Milan in 1945 by Italian industrialist Agostino Rocca and headquartered in Milan (Italy) and Buenos Aires (Argentina).

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The Black Book of Communism

The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression is a 1997 book by Stéphane Courtois, Nicolas Werth, Andrzej Paczkowski and several other European academics documenting a history of political repressions by Communist states, including genocides, extrajudicial executions, deportations, killing population in labor camps and artificially created famines.

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The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures

The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures is a 2009 play by American playwright Tony Kushner.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Washington Times

The Washington Times is an American daily newspaper that covers general interest topics with a particular emphasis on American politics.

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Tony Kushner

Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American playwright and screenwriter.

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Torture

Torture (from the Latin tortus, "twisted") is the act of deliberately inflicting physical or psychological pain in order to fulfill some desire of the torturer or compel some action from the victim.

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Peru)

The Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) (in Spanish: Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación (CVR)) (June 2001 – 28 August 2003) was established in 2001 after the fall of president Alberto Fujimori, to examine abuses committed during the 1980s and 1990s, when Peru was plagued by the worst political violence in the history of the republic.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Agency for International Development

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance.

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a historic document that was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its third session on 10 December 1948 as Resolution 217 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France.

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University of Massachusetts Press

The University of Massachusetts Press is a university press that is part of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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University of North Carolina Press

The University of North Carolina Press (or UNC Press), founded in 1922, is a university press that is part of the University of North Carolina.

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Valentín Paniagua

Valentín Paniagua Corazao (23 September 1936 – 16 October 2006) was a Peruvian politician who served as Interim President of Peru.

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Vanguardism

In the context of the theory of Marxist–Leninist revolutionary struggle, vanguardism is a strategy whereby the most class-conscious and politically advanced sections of the proletariat or working class, described as the revolutionary vanguard, form organizations in order to draw larger sections of the working class towards revolutionary politics and serve as manifestations of proletarian political power against its class enemies.

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Villa El Salvador

Villa El Salvador (VES) is an urban, largely residential coastal district on the outskirts of Lima, Peru.

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World revolution

World revolution is the far-left Marxist concept of overthrowing capitalism in all countries through the conscious revolutionary action of the organized working class.

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Yankee

The term "Yankee" and its contracted form "Yank" have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States; its various senses depend on the context.

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Yehude Simon

Yehude Simon Munaro (born 18 July 1947) is a Peruvian politician (PHP) and former Prime Minister of Peru.

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1983 Lucanamarca massacre

The Lucanamarca massacre was a massacre of 69 peasants in and around the town of Lucanamarca, Peru that took place on April 3, 1983.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shining_Path

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