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Shining Path
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Shining Path
A look at the Peruvian revolutionary terrorist group also known as Sendero Luminoso. Includes origins, leadership, ideology, goals and violent actions.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
6 sources |
1991
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"This paper will discuss the Peruvian terrorist group known as the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso). The terrorist activities of this group are aimed at a complete revolutionary change of the existing political and social system of Peru. Specifically, the Shining Path wants to replace Peru's current democratic system with its own form of Maoist-influenced Communism. The Shining Path originated in Ayacucho, a town in the southern part of the nation. The group's founder, Abimael Guzman Renoso, is known as "Presidente Gonzalo" to his followers. Renoso was a university professor until he fell under the influence of the Communist theories of Jose Carlos Mariategui. Mariategui (1895-1930) advocated a form of Communism which would include "a return to the Inca system of cooperative agriculture" (Gunson, Thompson, & Chamberlain, 1989, p. 262). He believed that it was necessary to..."More papers on Shining Path:
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Shining Path (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 11, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Shining-Path/19002
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"Shining Path" 15 January 2012. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Shining-Path/19002>
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