print email comment close Background Q&A: Shining Path, Tupac Amaru URL: http://www.cfr.org/publication/9276/ Description: "There are two main rebel groups operating in Peru, both leftist: the Maoist Shining Path (known in Spanish as Sendero Luminoso) and the Cuban-inspired Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru)." This site provides a brief overview of the goals and activities of these two groups. Also includes links to information about other international terrorist organizations. From the Council on Foreign Relations. Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations Library of Congress Subject Headings: Government, Resistance to -- Peru Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru Peru -- Politics and government Sendero Luminoso (Guerrilla group) Terrorism -- Peru LII Database Information: Record 16710 created by Maria Brandt on 11/22/2004 Last modification on 04/10/2006 Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 12/21/2005 Published: 11/22/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/16710