Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s)

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The Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s) was a brutal internal war between the Peruvian state and insurgent groups, most notably the Maoist Shining Path, that resulted in widespread human rights abuses and tens of thousands of deaths, particularly among rural and Indigenous populations.

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instanceOf civil war ⓘ
internal armed conflict ⓘ
political violence ⓘ
aftermath establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Peru ⓘ
prosecution of Shining Path leaders ⓘ
trials of military and political officials ⓘ
casualtiesEstimate approximately 69,000 deaths ⓘ
characterizedBy extrajudicial killings ⓘ
forced disappearances ⓘ
massacres ⓘ
terrorist bombings ⓘ
widespread human rights abuses ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
displacement hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons ⓘ
disproportionateImpactOn Indigenous populations ⓘ
endTime late 1990s ⓘ
governmentLeaderDuringConflict Alan García ⓘ
Alberto Fujimori ⓘ
Fernando Belaúnde Terry ⓘ
governmentStrategy counterinsurgency operations ⓘ
state of emergency in several regions ⓘ
humanRightsDocumentation Final Report of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission ⓘ
ideologyOfInsurgents Maoism ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
keyInsurgentLeader Abimael Guzmán ⓘ
keyInsurgentOrganization Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path ⓘ
Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement ⓘ
languageOfManyVictims Quechua ⓘ
location Andean highlands of Peru ⓘ
Apurímac Region ⓘ
Ayacucho Region ⓘ
Huancavelica Region ⓘ
Lima ⓘ
mainBelligerent Government of Peru ⓘ
Shining Path ⓘ
Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement ⓘ
notableEvent Accomarca massacre ⓘ
Barrios Altos massacre ⓘ
La Cantuta massacre ⓘ
Lucanamarca massacre ⓘ
perpetratorOfAbuses Peruvian security forces ⓘ
Shining Path ⓘ
paramilitary groups ⓘ
primaryVictims Indigenous Quechua-speaking communities ⓘ
rural populations ⓘ
socialImpact formation of peasant self-defense committees (rondas campesinas) ⓘ
militarization of rural areas ⓘ
startTime 1980 ⓘ
triggerEvent Shining Path initiation of armed struggle in 1980 ⓘ
turningPoint capture of Abimael Guzmán in 1992 ⓘ

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Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path → conflict → Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s) ⓘ
Upper Huallaga Valley → associatedWith → Peruvian internal conflict ⓘ
linked to: Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s)
Tarata bombing → conflict → Internal conflict in Peru ⓘ
linked to: Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s)
Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement → conflict → Peruvian internal conflict (1980–2000) ⓘ
linked to: Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s)
History of Peru → includesTopic → Peruvian Civil Wars ⓘ
linked to: Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s)
History of Peru → includesTopic → Shining Path insurgency ⓘ
linked to: Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s)
The Dancer Upstairs → inspiredBy → Shining Path insurgency in Peru ⓘ
subject linked to: the film 'The Dancer Upstairs'
linked to: Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s)
The Dancer Upstairs → inspiredBy → Shining Path insurgency in Peru ⓘ
linked to: Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s)