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...massacre was a direct affront to the liberal government of Peru's President, Fernando Belaúnde Terry. Ever since Belaúnde's election in 1980, the Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path), a shadowy group of self-styled Maoist guerrillas, has tyrannized the area around the picturesque Andean town of Ayacucho, some 350 miles southeast of Lima. Under the pretext of defying capitalism and central authority, the insurgents have attacked isolated police stations and assassinated villagers suspected of informing against them. In January, Belaúnde sent a 3,500-man task force to Ayacucho to deter...
Such hoary superstitions do not seem to interest Belaúnde. The President wrote off the Easter massacre as "an insanity perpetrated by people who are psychologically unhinged." Although he has deployed his troops, Belaunde will need a more detailed and determined policy if he is to save Andean villagers from their ruthless oppressors...
...replaced uniformed leaders with civilian regimes. At the same time, Argentina's generals set a target of late 1983 for free elections, and in November Brazil's military government will allow the first free elections in two decades. Said Peru's civilian President, Fernando Belaúnde Terry: "Times are good for democracy...
...swung back to negotiation. Said a key British politician: "We realized that only the swiftest diplomatic action could recapture the international support we have been losing." The British looked first to Haig, who in turn found a mediator in Peruvian President Fernando Belaunde Terry. The use of Belaúnde as an intermediary seemed to have several advantages. Peru is a Latin American country with traditionally friendly ties to Argentina. When the threat of war first emerged, the Peruvian Congress voted to send military supplies to Argentina. Belaunde, however, is a democratic moderate with close personal ties...
...islands and a pullback of the British fleet; 2) an end to economic sanctions against Argentina imposed by Britain's supporters; 3) establishment of an interim U.S.-Brazilian-West German-Peruvian authority for the Falklands while the two disputing countries negotiate ultimate sovereignty over the territory. Belaúnde's chief contribution to the plan was to simplify some aspects of the U.S. ideas for the transitional administration of the islands...