shining path

A grizzled group of men gathers every evening on the veranda of Tingo Marla's Hotel de Turistas to drink beer

THE WAR AGAINST SENDERO LUMINOSO HAS become synonymous with the systematic violation of human rights. About half of the nearly

A new law has opened up the fertile lands along the coast to the market. In the Andean highlands, however,

Two years ago, a violent attack on the Ayacuchan village of Nuñunhuaycco-Patahuasi by the fundamentalist Maoist group Shining Path (Sendero

A report recently released by Amnesty International entitled "Peru: Torture and Extra-judicial Executions," has served to con- firm allegations by

After Guzmhn proposed a peace agreement with the government, Shining Path split into two factions. Both seek to resolve the

AYACUCHO, Peru-Dozens of soldiers surrounded our plane as we landed at the Ayacucho airport. After passing a military checkpoint, we

In July 2000, I was invited by a colleague to attend a conference at San Marcos University in Lima at

In June of 1986, I meet with a leader of the Communist Party of Peru (PCP), the movement known as

IT WAS A FEW MINUTES BEFORE NOON ON APRIL 8, 1987 when a Senderista "annihilation commando" entered San Juan de

JANUARY 19, 1988. THE ENTIRE POPULATION of Barranca is in the village square, along with resi- dents of 15 other

LIMA, Peru-Although the defeat of the center Right government party. Popular Action, was expected in the April 14 Peruvian presidential