peru/senderos

Question

yesterday I was talking to a guy on Skype and he said that in his country there are/were a group called "senderos" or something like that. he also said that they are communist. I asked a friend what it was in English and he said its something like "...paths" what is it called in english

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shining_Path

The Communist Party of Peru (Spanish: Partido Comunista del Perú), more commonly known as the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso), is a Maoist guerrilla insurgent organization in Peru. When it first launched the internal conflict in Peru in 1980, its stated goal was to replace what it saw as bourgeois democracy with "New Democracy". The Shining Path believed that by establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat, inducing cultural revolution, and eventually sparking world revolution, they could arrive at pure communism. Their representatives said that existing socialist countries were revisionist, and they claimed to be the vanguard 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) and other Revolutionary Internationalist Movement-affiliated organizations.2

Widely condemned for its brutality,[3][4] including violence deployed against peasants, trade union organizers, popularly elected officials and the general civilian population,[5] the Shining Path is classified by the Peruvian government, the U.S., the European Union, and Canada as a terrorist organization.[6][7][8]

Since the capture of its leader Abimael Guzmán in 1992, the Shining Path has declined in activity.[9] Certain factions of the Shining Path now claim to fight in order to force the government to reach a peace treaty with the rebels. Similar to militant groups in Colombia, some factions of the Shining Path have functioned as a highly efficient cocaine-smuggling operation, with an ostensibly paternalistic relationship to villagers.[10]

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendero_Luminoso

Sendero Luminoso (SL), cuyo nombre oficial es Partido Comunista del Perú (PCP-SL), es una organización de tendencia ideológica marxista, leninista y maoísta originada en el Perú.1 La meta de Sendero Luminoso es reemplazar las instituciones peruanas, que consideran burguesas, por un régimen revolucionario campesino comunista, presumiblemente iniciándose a través del concepto maoísta de la Nueva Democracia. En 1980, desató el conflicto armado interno del cual participó como principal agente hasta la captura de su líder, Abimael Guzmán Reynoso en 1992, tras lo cual sólo ha tenido actuaciones esporádicas.2 La ideología y tácticas de Sendero Luminoso han tenido influencia sobre grupos insurgentes de corte maoísta como el Partido Comunista de Nepal y organizaciones afiliadas al Movimiento Revolucionario Internacional.

Ampliamente condenado por las organizaciones nacionales e internacionales por su extremada brutalidad, que incluye violencia aplicada contra campesinos, dirigentes sindicales, autoridades elegidas popularmente, ataques a los bienes e infraestructura nacional (torres de alta tensión, carreteras, puentes, ferrocarriles, refinerías, etc.) y a la población civil, policial y militar en general,3 e incluso animales,4 es considerada una organización terrorista por el Estado del Perú, además de la Unión Europea5 y Canadá los cuales prohíben proveerle de fondos u otro apoyo financiero.6 Además de esto, Sendero Luminoso está en la lista de organizaciones terroristas extranjeras del Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos7 y está en la lista de organizaciones terroristas según la UE.8

bourgeois??? whats that - Rey_Mysterio, Mar 25, 2015

Significa "burgués" en español. I think in English it refers to the non-thinking populace of a counry. Sir Ian knows more than I about this. Maybe he'll see this and help. - Daniela2041, Mar 25, 2015