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Definition of Sendero luminoso
1. Noun. A terrorist group formed in Peru in the late 1960s as a splinter group from the communist party of Peru; is among the most ruthless guerilla organizations in the world; seeks to destroy Peruvian institutions and replace them with a Maoist peasant regime; is involved in the cocaine trade. "Shining Path has been responsible for 30,000 deaths"
Category relationships: Act Of Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorist Act
Generic synonyms: Foreign Terrorist Organization, Fto, Terrorist Group, Terrorist Organization
Geographical relationships: Peru, Republic Of Peru
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sendero Luminoso
Literary usage of Sendero luminoso
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Into the Quagmire: Human Rights and U.S. Policy in Peru by Americas Watch Committee (U.S.), Americas Watch Committee (U.S. (1991)
"Both sendero luminoso and the Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) have
... A. sendero luminoso Though highly pragmatic in tactical matters, ..."
2. Latin America Today by Pablo González Casanova (1993)
"Based on an "Inca" authoritarianism, sendero luminoso dogmatically applies Maoist
principles of "protracted people's war," trying to besiege the cities from ..."
3. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"During the country's period of internal conflict from 1980 to 1995, the Sendero
Luminoso (Shining Path) terrorist group targeted evangelical churches in ..."
4. Crucibles of Hazard: Mega-Cities and Disasters in Transition by James K. Mitchell (1999)
"... marked by numerous human rights violations against the peasantry as government
forces attempted to combat the growing effectiveness of sendero luminoso. ..."
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