"is taken on the English vessel and the religious articles, including the small jade box holding the quipu, is left on the Spanish one. Trujillo military base asks for NUMA intervention. A helicopter with Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino takes off from the NUMA seismic vessel Deep Fathom. Tupac Amaru, with a band of Sendero Luminoso (Peruvian Maoist guerrilla group), kidnaps the scientists and the students, and take them in the Viracocha Valley, in the mythical death city Pueblo de los Muertos. Dirk Pitt asks Hiram Yeager to find evidence of a tsunami in the zone. Pitt flies to Lima"
"Shining Path The Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (), more commonly known as the Shining Path (), is a communist revolutionary organization in Peru, espousing Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. When it first launched the internal conflict in Peru in 1980, its goal was to overthrow the state by guerrilla warfare and replace it with a ""New Democracy"". The Shining Path believed that by establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat, inducing a cultural revolution, and eventually sparking a world revolution, they could arrive at full communism. Their representatives stated that existing socialist countries were revisionist, and the Shining Path was the vanguard"
"of violence in Chuschi, Ayacucho by storming the polling station and burning the ballot boxes on the eve of the first national elections in approximately 10 years. The majority of the acts of violence by the Shining Path were carried out in the Ayacucho region of Peru, where many indigenous populations live in extreme poverty. The group established a presence throughout the country, but mainly operated out of the rural highlands with limited government presence. Their campaign consisted of bombings, assassinations, public executions and other guerrilla attacks against the state. The Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru) is"
"of the world communist movement. The Shining Path's ideology and tactics have been influential among other Maoist insurgent groups, notably the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) and other Revolutionary Internationalist Movement-affiliated organizations. Widely condemned for its brutality by their enemies, including violence deployed against peasants, trade union organizers, elected officials and the general civilian population, the Shining Path is regarded by Peru as a terrorist organization. Japan, the United States, the European Union, and Canada likewise classify the group as a terrorist organization and prohibit funding and other financial support. Since the capture of its leader Abimael Guzmán in"
"Abimael Guzmán as its leader. The Shining Path is currently waging a war against the Peruvian government. The Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), a national communist party with a revolutionary background, is a follower of Marxism–Leninism–Maoism, although it is believed that the party has developed its own ideology, Marxism–Leninism–Maoism–Prachanda Path, which was developed taking Nepal's political, sociological and geographical constraints into consideration. The Communist Party of Nepal is another Marxist–Leninist–Maoist party in Nepal. It claims that the UCPN(M) is a revisionist organization and is continuing the People's War against the UCPN(M) government. In the Philippines, the Communist Party of"
"political relations of rapprochement. To the Albanians, the Chinese dealings with the U.S. were a lessening of Mao's ideologic and practical commitments to proletarian internationalism. As revolutionary praxis, Maoism is the ideology of communist parties ideologically akin to the Communist Party of China. Since the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, the Shining Path (""Sendero Luminoso"", Communist Party of Peru) coined the term ""Marxism–Leninism–Maoism"" to identify the contemporary Marxism that is readily adaptable to local conditions in the countries of Third-world South America. The Marxist–Leninist state is a one-party state wherein the communist party is the political vanguard who guides"
"Path snipers killed three police officers in the Ene Apurimac Valley. Shining Path The Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path (), more commonly known as the Shining Path (), is a communist revolutionary organization in Peru, espousing Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. When it first launched the internal conflict in Peru in 1980, its goal was to overthrow the state by guerrilla warfare and replace it with a ""New Democracy"". The Shining Path believed that by establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat, inducing a cultural revolution, and eventually sparking a world revolution, they could arrive at full communism. Their representatives stated that existing"
"paramilitary forces in the town of Umaca. She was later buried in her town of birth, Ayacucho. It was estimated that up to 30,000 people attended the funeral. Her tomb was later bombed by the Rodrigo Franco Command, a false flag paramilitary group. Edith Lagos Edith Lagos was a revolutionary, member of the terrorist organisation known as the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso). Born into a wealthy family, she studied law at a San Martin de Porres University, before dropping out to join Shining Path In 1980, she escaped prison after a Shining Path detachment blew a hole in the Ayacucho"
"of this group are generally called ""senderistas"". All documents, periodicals and other materials produced by the organization are signed by the Communist Party of Peru (PCP). Academics often refer to them as PCP-SL. The Shining Path was founded in the late 1960s by Abimael Guzmán, a former university philosophy professor (his followers referred to him by his nom de guerre which was ""Presidente Gonzalo""). His teachings created the foundation of its militant Maoist doctrine. It was an offshoot of the Communist Party of Peru — ""Bandera Roja"" (red flag), which in turn split from the original Peruvian Communist Party, a"
"Marxist–Leninist–Maoist Tendency Marxist–Leninist–Maoist Tendency (, abbreviated 'Tendencia ML') was a communist group in Colombia. It emerged in late 1974/early 1975, after the 4th plenary session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Colombia (Marxist-Leninist) (PCC(ML)). The founders of Tendencia ML, had been based in the Pedro Vásquez Rendón regional committee of PCC(ML) in Antioquia. They opposed the directive of the PCC(ML) party leadership that cadres in the urban labour, student and teachers movements had to shift to the countryside to join the Popular Liberation Army. The Tendencia ML criticized PCC(ML) for giving insufficient importance to trade unionism, electoral"
"Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun, also known as ""Puka Inti"", is a small Maoist guerrilla organization in Ecuador. Communist Party of India (Maoist) is the leading Maoist organisation in India. Two major political groupings owing allegiance to Mao Tse Tung's ideas — Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War and Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI) — merged on on 21 September 2004 to form Communist Party of India (Maoist). Union of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran) was an Iran Maoist organization. UIC (S) was formed in 1976 after the alliance of a number of Maoist groups carrying out military"
"Edith Lagos Edith Lagos was a revolutionary, member of the terrorist organisation known as the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso). Born into a wealthy family, she studied law at a San Martin de Porres University, before dropping out to join Shining Path In 1980, she escaped prison after a Shining Path detachment blew a hole in the Ayacucho jail which freed all of the prisoners, including captured fellow militants, suspects of armed activity and common law criminals. Two years later after promoting and participating in resistance activities with Shining Path, Edith Lagos died in a shootout incident involving the Police and"
"in Peru, and her turn towards secularism and socialism. Moyano believed that soup kitchens were a form of expressing grievances. Shining Path, founded by Abimael Guzman Reynoso, was trying to consolidate its hold on the poorer neighborhoods of Lima. They were suspicious of all social organizations in Peru. Shining Path guerrillas planted a bomb on September 9, 1991 in a distribution center and blamed Maria Elena Moyano. Clearly, they falsely accused her in order to silence her. Fear and terror pushed women (who lived in poverty) to speak up, and get involved in organized groups. The war between Shining Path"
"La Luz del Mundo The Iglesia del Dios Vivo, Columna y Apoyo de la Verdad, La Luz del Mundo, (English: ""Church of the Living God, Column and Ground of the Truth, The Light of the World"")or simply La Luz del Mundois a Christian denomination with international headquarters in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. La Luz del Mundo (abbreviated LLDM) practices a form of restorationist theology centered on three leaders: Founder Aarónborn EusebioJoaquín González (1896–1964), Samuel Joaquín Flores (1937–2014), and Naasón Joaquín García (born 1969). These three men are regarded by the Church as modern day Apostles of Jesus Christ and Servants of"
"and the fragmentation of the other left-wing groups on campus, legal and illegal alike, Sendero Luminoso had the upper hand. This was in spite of operations such as that of 13 February 1987, when 4000 police officers conducted night-time raids at the dormitories of three state universities (including La Cantuta); 20 April 1989, when a joint force of police and army descended on La Cantuta University and San Marcos National University and arrested over 500 students on charges of subversion; or 22 May 1991, when, in response to a hostage crisis and rumors of an explosive device squirreled away on"
"phase designed by Gonzalo Thought: preparation, initiation, development, auction, complement. And with five forms of struggle: armed propaganda and agitation, sabotage, selective annihilation, fighting guerrillas and armed strikes. Assault of Ayacucho prison The Assault of Ayacucho prison was an incident in the Peruvian city of Ayacucho, also known as Huamanga, on March 2, 1982. A group of 150 armed terrorists, members of the ""Sendero Luminoso"", or Shining Path, staged simultaneous assaults on two local police stations before staging an assault on the prison, resulting in the release of 255 inmates. After a 5-hour battle, 16 people, including two prison guards,"
"was known as ""Siloism"", coined from the penname ""Silo"" of its founder Mario Rodríguez Cobos. The military regimes of Argentina and Chile began to censor and persecute the members during its meetings, gatherings, public acts and demonstrations. On May 4, 1969, the ""siloists"" gathered in Punta de Vacas, Mendoza, Argentina and the speech ""The Healing of Suffering"" was given by Silo. This marks the foundation day for the Humanist Movement. The systematic persecution of members in Chile and Argentina propelled the expansion of the movement to other countries. These countries included those in North America and Europe (i.e., Spain, Italy,"
"to power. If it had, I think its massacres would have dwarfed those of the Khmer Rouge. As a doctor, I am accustomed to unpleasant sights, but nothing prepared me for what I saw in Ayacucho, where Sendero first developed under the sway of a professor of philosophy, Abimael Guzmán."" In 1992, during the first administration of President Alberto Fujimori, the National Directorate Against Terrorism (DIRCOTE) began casing several residences in Lima because agents suspected that terrorists were using them as safehouses. One of those residences, in the upper-class neighborhood of Surco, had been operating as a ballet studio. The"
"for affirming and recording the distinct identity of the Indigenous people of the Andean region. They are also a defense of Indigenous culture and values in the face of the modernization and the penetration of their culture by that of the white Hispanic elites of Lima. The tradition of making ""cajones sanmarcos"" or ""retablos"" is very strong in the mountainous Peruvian region around the city of Ayacucho. In recent years the political violence and the fighting between the Peruvian Army and the Marxist ""Sendero Luminoso"" (“Shining Path”) ""guerrillas"" around Ayacucho has forced many peasant families in the area to migrate"
"Police. Doctors removed two bullets from his stomach. On June 7, 2013 Artemio was sentenced to life in prison and ordered to pay 500 million soles in civil reparations. 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. Along with Comrade Alipio, he was one of the highest-ranking members of the Shining Path who had not been imprisoned or killed. However, on February 12, 2012, he was captured by a combined force of the Peruvian Army. Flores went to high school in Camana, Camana"
"a Marxist–Leninist revolutionary group formed in 1982 from the influence of Revolutionary Left Movement of the 1960s and the Revolutionary Socialist Party. The revolutionary group was found to be responsible for a significant amount of deaths and displacements during the internal conflict, as well as engaged in guerrilla warfare against the military and the Shining Path. The group intended to overthrow the military government and establish a Marxist regime to eliminate Japanese and U.S imperialism from Peru. Their campaign officially began on June 1, 1984 by broadcasting their first communiqué with a declaration of intent to reform the Peruvian Government"
"elections continued and Fernando Belaúnde Terry was elected as the 58th President of Peru in 1980. Terry had already served as the country's 55th president prior to Velasco's coup in 1968. During the governments of Velasco and Morales, Shining Path had been organized as a Maoist political group based at the San Cristóbal of Huamanga University in the Ayacucho Region. It was founded in 1970, and led by Abimael Guzmán, a communist professor of philosophy at the San Cristóbal of Huamanga University. Guzmán had been inspired by the Cultural Revolution, which he had witnessed first-hand during a trip to China."
"campus, Fujimori sent the army in to restore order at La Cantuta. Graffiti alluding to Sendero Luminoso and its leader, Abimael Guzmán, were painted over with patriotic slogans; students went about their business only after passing checkpoints and under close supervision from the armed forces; and the campus remained under military control for several years. In the pre-dawn hours of 18 July 1992, two days after the Tarata bombing, members of the Army Intelligence Service (SIE) and the Army Directorate of Intelligence (DINTE), most of whom were attached to the recently established ""Grupo Colina"" death squad, burst into the residences"
"of the center and south of Peru and had a large presence in the outskirts of Lima. As the organization grew in power, a cult of personality grew around Guzmán. The official ideology of the Shining Path ceased to be ""Marxism–Leninism–Mao Tse-tung thought"", and was instead referred to as ""Marxism–Leninism–Maoism–Gonzalo thought"". The Shining Path fought against Peru's other major guerrilla group, the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), as well as campesino self-defense groups organized by the Peruvian armed forces. Although the reliability of reports regarding the Shining Path's atrocities remains a matter of controversy in Peru, the organization's use of"
"to wage a low-key, mostly nonviolent independence movement against the government, which include small nonviolent demonstrations such as the incident in which Teterissa convicted for treason. The government of Indonesia regards all separatist movements, large and small, as a potential threat to national unity. Teterissa is reported to have first joined the RMS in 2002 in his home village of Aboru, which is located in Central Maluku. Teterissa, who is an elementary school teacher by profession, had been arrested and given a lenient sentence in the past for a similar flag waving demonstration in 2003. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had"
"Movimiento Demócrata Liberal Movimiento Demócrata Liberal (MDL, ""Liberal Democratic Movement"") is a Venezuelan political organisation. The MDL is promoting autonomy statutes in at least seven Venezuelan states including Tachira, Sucre, Monagas, Bolívar, Anzoátegui, Aragua, and Falcón. The MDL lists among its international collaborators Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, the National Alliance party in Italy, the Republican Party in the United States, the right-wing ARENA party in El Salvador, the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) in Chile, and the Popular Party in Spain. Funding organisations include the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the conservative Friedrich Naumann Foundation. MDL Director Marco Polessel declared in"
"left the country and returned to Nicaragua. During his period in Mexico, he had become a member of the Magnetic-Spiritualist School of the Universal Commune (EMECU). Founded in Buenos Aires in 1911 by Joaquín Trincado, a Basque electrician, the EMECU blended the political ideals of anarchism with a cosmology which was an idiosyncratic synthesis of Zoroastrianism, Kabbalah and Spiritism. Rejecting both capitalism and Bolshevism, Trincado's brand of communism was based on a ""spiritism of Light and Truth,"" which he believed would supersede all existing religions in the final stage of human history. This stage, which would arise from the political"
"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. The massacre was perpetrated by the Shining Path, the Maoist guerrilla organization that launched the internal conflict in Peru. On May 17, 1980 the Shining Path went to war against the Peruvian state. The Shining Path was based in the Ayacucho Region. In March 1983, ronderos killed Olegario Curitomay, a Shining Path commander in Lucanamarca, a small town in the Huanca Sancos Province of Ayacucho. The ronderos took Curitomay to the town square,"
"Organization (LLCO) before these two organizations split. LLCO does not consider itself to be a Maoist organization, claiming to uphold a post-Maoist ideology called Leading Light Communism, explicitly distinguishing themselves from MIM Theory. Maoist Internationalist Movement The Maoist Internationalist Movement (MIM) was a clandestine revolutionary communist organization based primarily in the United States. MIM claimed to adhere to a radical ideology called ""MIM Thought"". MIM listed a sole PO box in Ann Arbor, Michigan as its mailing address. Contrary to most Maoist groups in the West, which came from a firmly Anti-Revisionist pedigree out of the traditional Communist Parties, the"
"Sendero Luminoso entered Huasahuasi, threatening residents and entering multiple homes. Four men were taken from their homes to the town's central plaza. Guerrilla band members also went to the convent, where McCormack was alone whilst Stevenson received medical treatment in Lima. Sendero Luminoso members did not enter the convent, ordering McCormack to come out, which eventually she did. She was marched to the plaza and made to sit on the benches alongside the four men. For about an hour the five victims were harangued, interrogated and shouted at. Several local people interceded for the victims' lives, calling them good people"
"visiting parishioners in the outlying districts. On 17 December 1989, the Catholic priests in Huasahuasi were warned of danger from Sendero Luminoso, so they and the two sisters left the village for Lima. McCormack, however, felt that the church could not abandon the villagers at this time, so she and Stevenson returned on 14 January 1990. Huasahuasi went 12 months without a resident priest. During this time McCormack and Stevenson served the people, providing spiritual leadership by regularly conducting services as no priests were available to go to the village. Near 6:00 pm on 21 May 1991 armed members of"
"Peru on May 2, 1982, and in the Nepalese Civil War begun on February 9, 1999. A group of Peruvian Maoists known as the Shining Path at times controlled significant parts of the country during the internal conflict in Peru, but they were dealt a blow by the arrest of their leader Abimael Guzmán in 1992. While they claim to consider this event only a ""bend in the road"", most independent sources have claimed them to be in decline since that time. By all accounts, at the height of the conflict in Peru, both the Shining Path and the Peruvian"
"Johan Teterisa Johan Teterissa (born c. 1961) is an Indonesian elementary school teacher, activist and member of the Republic of the South Moluccas, or RMS, a small separatist group which advocates independence for the southern Maluku islands from Indonesia. Teterissa was sentenced to life in prison for treason in April 2008 after leading a nonviolent protest against Indonesian rule in 2007. Teterissa, and a group of 19 traditional Moluccan dancers, unfurled a secessionist flag of the banned South Moluccan Republic in front of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on June 29, 2007, in Ambon, the capital of Maluku. Amnesty International"