The Shining Path

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf militant
Maoist insurgent group
gptkbp:activePeriod 1980s-present
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Peru
gptkbp:designation terrorist organization by Canada
terrorist organization by United States
terrorist organization by European Union
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Abimael_Guzmán
gptkbp:goal overthrow Peruvian government
establish communist state
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Ayacucho,_Peru
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Shining Path
gptkbp:ideology gptkb:Maoism
Communism
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Chinese_Communist_Party
gptkb:Mao_Zedong
Marxism-Leninism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Abimael_Guzmán
gptkbp:notableAction guerrilla warfare
terrorist attacks
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Peruvian_National_Police
gptkb:Peruvian_military
Rondas Campesinas (peasant patrols)
gptkbp:notableCase Abimael Guzmán trial
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Internal_conflict_in_Peru
1980 (start of armed struggle)
1992 (capture of Abimael Guzmán)
2000s (decline in activity)
2021 (death of Abimael Guzmán)
Peruvian Civil War
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Óscar_Ramírez
Elena Iparraguirre
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Ayacucho
Huallaga Valley
VRAEM (Valley of the Apurímac, Ene and Mantaro rivers)
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:El_Diario
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:Peruvian_security_forces
political opponents
Peruvian civilians
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Government_of_Peru
gptkbp:otherName gptkb:Sendero_Luminoso
gptkbp:status largely defeated
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:hammer_and_sickle
gptkbp:technology gptkb:propaganda
gptkb:drug_trafficking
kidnappings
sabotage
extortion
massacres
assassinations
bombings
forced recruitment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Radio_Retaliation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7