Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement

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The Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement was a Peruvian Marxist-Leninist guerrilla organization active mainly in the 1980s and 1990s, known for kidnappings, hostage-takings, and its high-profile 1996–97 Japanese embassy hostage crisis in Lima.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Marxist-Leninist organization ⓘ
guerrilla organization ⓘ
terrorist organization ⓘ
activeIn 1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
activeInCountry Peru ⓘ
classifiedAsTerroristBy European Union ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
United States ⓘ
conflict Peruvian internal conflict (1980–2000) ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
dissolved late 1990s ⓘ
distinctFrom Shining Path ⓘ
endedBy Peruvian special forces raid in April 1997 ⓘ
goal establishment of a socialist state in Peru ⓘ
overthrow of the Peruvian government ⓘ
ideology Guevarism ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
revolutionary socialism ⓘ
knownFor 1996–97 Japanese embassy hostage crisis in Lima ⓘ
assassinations ⓘ
bombings ⓘ
hostage-takings ⓘ
kidnappings ⓘ
languageOfCommunication Spanish ⓘ
namedAfter Túpac Amaru II ⓘ
nativeName Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru ⓘ
notableEvent four-month hostage crisis at Japanese ambassador’s residence ⓘ
seizure of the Japanese ambassador’s residence in Lima in December 1996 ⓘ
operationalArea Lima ⓘ
central Peru ⓘ
opposed Peruvian state ⓘ
linked to: Peru

United States influence in Peru ⓘ
neoliberal economic policies in Peru ⓘ
partOf internal conflict in Peru ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
region Latin America ⓘ
shortName MRTA ⓘ
startTime early 1980s ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
usedSymbol image of Túpac Amaru II ⓘ
red and black colors ⓘ
usedTactic armed assault ⓘ
bomb attacks ⓘ
hostage-taking ⓘ
kidnapping for ransom ⓘ
urban guerrilla warfare ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path → opposedOrganizations → Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement ⓘ
MRTA → shortName → MRTA ⓘ
linked to: Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s) → mainBelligerent → Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement ⓘ
Peruvian civil conflict (1980s–1990s) → keyInsurgentOrganization → Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement ⓘ
Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement → shortName → MRTA ⓘ
linked to: Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement → nativeName → Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru ⓘ
linked to: Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement