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Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (Peru)
Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) is a traditional Marxist-Leninist revolutionary movement formed in 1983 from remnants of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left, a Peruvian insurgent group active in the 1960s. The MRTA aims... Read more |
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Shining Path
Shining Path Span. Sendero Luminoso, Peruvian Communist guerrilla force, officially the Communist party of Peru. Founded in 1970 by Abimael Guzmán Reynoso as an orthodox Marxist-Leninist offshoot of the Peruvian Communist party, the Shining Path turned to terrorism in 1980. By the... Read more |
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Ayacucho
Ayacucho , city (1993 pop. 105,918), capital of Ayacucho dept., S central Peru. It is a commercial center in a rich mining region that produces gold, silver, and nickel. Agriculture and light industry are the mainstays of the economy. On the plains of Ayacucho, near the city, Antonio José de ... Read more |
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Alberto Fujimori
Alberto Fujimori , 1938-, president of Peru (1990-2000), b. Lima, Peru. The son of Japanese immigrants, he was educated in Peru and attended Univ. of Wisconsin. Fujimori was an unknown economist when he scored an upset in the 1990 presidential elections. He inherited a nation experiencing a severe... Read more |
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Tupamaros
Tupamaros , urban guerrilla organization and political party in Uruguay, also known as the National Liberation Army. Named for the Inca revolutionist, Tupac Amaru , it became active as a guerrilla force in the early 1960s, distributing stolen food and money among the poor in Montevideo. By the... Read more |
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Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick , 1928-99, American film director, writer, and producer, b. New York City. His visually stunning, thematically daring, boldly idiosyncratic, and darkly compelling films generally portray a deeply flawed humanity. Kubrick made several documentary shorts in the 1950s, turning to film... Read more |
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Eightfold Path
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