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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Abimael Guzman was a successful revolutionary because he never flinched: he was willing to destroy Peru and as many innocent Peruvians as necessary to gain power. His Sendero Luminoso, or Shining Path, movement, perhaps the most radical leftist insurgency still in operation anywhere in the world, sowed terror throughout the country during a 12-year campaign that took 25,000 lives, damaged $22 billion worth of property and left some Peruvians fearing that his "forces of history" might achieve victory. That is, until last week -- when Guzman was captured by government forces in a bloodless raid on a modest house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: His Turn to Lose | 9/28/1992 | See Source »

This can work. When the Catholic Church or APRA offers itself as a viable political option, Senderistas run scared. (Actually, that's not entirely true. Sendero has also been known to react by shooting nuns...

Author: By Gary J. Bass, | Title: Post-Coup Peru | 4/10/1992 | See Source »

Both will evaporate in some haste if Fujimoro goes authoritarian. Instead of a dictatorship--even a humane one, if that's what he has in mind--he ought to think in terms of presenting himself as an alternative to Sendero...

Author: By Gary J. Bass, | Title: Post-Coup Peru | 4/10/1992 | See Source »

...expects to gain any support, Fujimoro's military should stop doing stupid and brutal things to Peruvians. Fujimoro may also have been forced into this by the military, who have gained power in the struggle with Sendero. In other words, returning to democracy, fragile as it is, may be a tall order...

Author: By Gary J. Bass, | Title: Post-Coup Peru | 4/10/1992 | See Source »

...ultimately, that is what must be done. Only a government with legitimacy--a Peruvian oddity--can stand up to Sendero and the poverty and desperation it feeds...

Author: By Gary J. Bass, | Title: Post-Coup Peru | 4/10/1992 | See Source »

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