WebMemo posted June 9, 2009 by James Roberts, Edwar Enrique Escalante
Narco-Terrorism in Peru: The Return of Shining Path
In the 1960s, leftist philosophy professor Abimael Guzman
started a Maoist guerilla group at the University of San
Cristobal de Huamanga in Ayacucho, Peru. Guzman named this
organization in honor of the most celebrated phrase ever turned by
an early Peruvian Communist and journalist, Jose Carlos Mariategui,
who wrote that "Marxism-Leninism will open the shining…
WebMemo posted June 9, 2009 by James Roberts, Edwar Enrique Escalante
Narco-Terrorismo en Perú: El Retorno de Sendero Luminoso
En la década de 1960, un profesor izquierdista de
filosofía iniciaría un grupo guerrillero
maoísta en la Universidad de San Cristóbal de
Huamanga en Ayacucho, Perú. Guzmán bautizo la
organización en honor de una de las frases más
celebres jamás dichas por un joven comunista y periodista
peruano, José Carlos Mariategui, quien escribió: "el
Marxismo-Leninismo abrirá el…
Backgrounder posted August 18, 2008 by James Roberts, Edwar Enrique Escalante
Fighting for Freedom in Rural Peru: "ALBA Houses" Threaten Democracy
In Peru, hard-won economic and political freedom is in jeopardy
from foreign interests bankrolled by Venezuela. Although
Venezuela's immense oil wealth should belong to all Venezuelans,
their far left, neo-populist, and authoritarian President Hugo
Chavez is siphoning off much of it to enhance his own political
power and spread his toxic "21st Century Bolivarian Socialism"
throughout…