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... > social science subjects > sociology > social change > activism and social justice > political and social movements (Latin America and Caribbean) > shining path movement
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shining path movement  

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  • The Shining Path grew out of the intellectual and political turmoil at the Universidad Nacional San Cristóbal de Huamanga in the impoverished city of Ayacucho, Peru. In 1962, 28-year-old Abimael Guzman, an active member of the Peruvian Communist Party (PCP), went to Ayacucho after accepting a position as a philosophy professor. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Shining Path Movement]

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