Communist Party of Peru Partido Comunista del Perú | |
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Abbreviation | PCP-SL |
Founder | Abimael Guzmán |
Founded | 1969 |
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Sendero Luminoso, (English: Shining Path, official complete name: Partido Comunista del Perú-Sendero Luminoso, PCP-SL), is a Peruvian Maoist group which is based on communist ideology. Their leader, Abimael Guzmán, and several important members of the group were captured on September 12, 1992.[1] Since then, the group has not been as powerful.