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After Guzmán was captured by the government of [[anti-communist]] president [[Alberto Fujimori]] in 1992, the Shining Path deteriorated rapidly and splintered. In the 2020s, only a few fragments of the Shining Path remain, most notably the [[Militiarized Communist Party of Peru]], which denounced Guzmán as a traitor and distanced themselves from the older SL's atrocities. Despite this, a faction remaining stalwart to Guzmán has continued to sign declarations with the [[International Communist League]] under the PCP name. | After Guzmán was captured by the government of [[anti-communist]] president [[Alberto Fujimori]] in 1992, the Shining Path deteriorated rapidly and splintered. In the 2020s, only a few fragments of the Shining Path remain, most notably the [[Militiarized Communist Party of Peru]], which denounced Guzmán as a traitor and distanced themselves from the older SL's atrocities. Despite this, a faction remaining stalwart to Guzmán has continued to sign declarations with the [[International Communist League]] under the PCP name. | ||
==Further reading== | |||
* [https://www.bannedthought.net/Peru/CPP/Documents/GeneralPoliticalLineOfTheCommunistPartyOfPeru-1988-OCR.pdf ''General Political Line of the Communist Party of Peru''] (1988), available on [[bannedthought.net]] | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Gonzalo Thought]] | * [[Gonzalo Thought]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:42, 14 August 2026
Communist Party of Peru Partido Comunista del Perú | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Chairperson | Abimael Guzmán (untill 1993) |
| Founded | 1969 |
| Split from | PCP – RF |
| Ideology |
Communism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism Gonzalo Thought Anti-revisionism |
| International affiliation |
Revolutionary Internationalist Movement International Communist League |
| Website | |
| http://www.blythe.org/peru-pcp/ (archived) | |
The Shining Path (Spanish: Sendero Luminoso, SL), self-declared as the Communist Party of Peru (Spanish: Partido Comunista del Perú, PCP) is a Gonzaloist political party and terrorist organization[tendency-based slant] which has waged a protracted war against the Peruvian government since 1980.
The SL has a fervent cult of personality surrounding its leader, Abimael Guzmán (a.k.a. Chairman Gonzalo), viewing him in a messianic role and formulating theories like Jefatura[a] to enforce this personality cult. The SL officially upholds "Marxism–Leninism–Maoism, principally Maoism" and Gonzalo Thought, a dogmatic compilation of theories developed by Guzmán.[1][tendency-based slant]
After Guzmán was captured by the government of anti-communist president Alberto Fujimori in 1992, the Shining Path deteriorated rapidly and splintered. In the 2020s, only a few fragments of the Shining Path remain, most notably the Militiarized Communist Party of Peru, which denounced Guzmán as a traitor and distanced themselves from the older SL's atrocities. Despite this, a faction remaining stalwart to Guzmán has continued to sign declarations with the International Communist League under the PCP name.
Further reading
- General Political Line of the Communist Party of Peru (1988), available on bannedthought.net
See also
References
- ↑ "On Marxism–Leninism–Maoism" (1988). Available on Red Library.
Notes
- ↑ English: Great Leadership.