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Tag: Shining Path
‘We Have to Come Here to Be Seen’: Protesters Descend on Lima
Peru’s unrest continues unabated as the demonstrations move to the country’s capital and the government doubles down on portraying demonstrators as pawns for nefarious interests.
Abimael Guzmán, Leader of Guerrilla Group That Terrorized Peru, Dies at 86
Mr. Guzmán’s Maoist movement, Shining Path, killed tens of thousands in the 1980s and ’90s. He sought to bring the world to a “higher stage of Marxism.”
Abimael Guzmán, Leader of Guerrilla Group That Terrorized Peru, Dies at 86
Mr. Guzmán’s Maoist movement, Shining Path, killed tens of thousands in the 1980s and ’90s. He sought to bring the world to a “higher stage of Marxism.”
Abimael Guzmán, Leader of Guerrilla Group That Terrorized Peru, Dies at 86
Mr. Guzmán, whose Maoist movement, Shining Path, killed tens of thousands in the 1980s and ’90s, sought to bring the world to a “higher stage of Marxism.”
Fraud Claims, Unproved, Delay Peru’s Election Result and Energize the Right
A month after polls closed, officials have yet to declare a victor in the presidential vote, as they consider Keiko Fujimori’s demand that ballots be thrown out.
14 Dead After Massacre in Peru
The killing, which comes weeks ahead of presidential elections, is one of the worst atrocities in Peru in decades.