Communist Party of Peru – Shining Path

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Peruvian Communist Party

Partido Comunista del Perú
AbbreviationPCP
FounderAbimael Guzmán
Founded1969
Split fromPeruvian Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist)
Succeeded byMilitarized Communist Party of Peru
International affiliationRevolutionary Internationalist Movement
Slogan¡Viva la Guerra Popular! ¡Guerra Popular hasta el comunismo! ("Long live the People's War! People's War until communism!")


The Peruvian Communist Party (PCP), more commonly known as the Shining Path, is a Marxist-Leninist-Maoist party in Peru. Its militant wing, the People's Guerrilla Army, is currently waging a Protracted People's War against the government to install a Socialist state.

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