Support Committees for the Peruvian Revolution

Support Committees for the Peruvian Revolution (Spanish: Comités de Apoyo a la Revolución Peruana, CARP) were a series of associations purposed to rally support for the Communist Party of Peru-Shining Path, as part of the party's international arm. Support committees were established in Sweden, France, Spain, United States, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Mexico, and Bolivia.[1] Objectives include performing proselytism, collecting funds, making propaganda, and spreading a positive image of the Shining Path.[2][3] The committee's financial support for the Shining Path was raised through cultural and artistic events, conferences, and selling brochures.

Support Committees for the Peruvian Revolution
Comités de Apoyo a la Revolución Peruana
Also known asCARP
Dates of operation1980s–2000s
Allegiance Shining Path
IdeologyMarxism-Leninism-Maoism
Anti-imperialism
Gonzalo Thought
Political positionfar-left
Notable attacksAssassination of Juan Vega Llona,
Various attacks on Peruvian embassies
StatusDefunct
Part of Peru People's Movement
Opponents Peruvian Armed Forces
National Intelligence Service
Battles and warsInternal conflict in Peru

The support committees were also involved in the Shining Path's clandestine terrorism, such as the 1988 assassination of Peruvian captain Juan Vega Llona and the 1992 Peruvian embassy attack in Stockholm.[4][5]

Acts of terrorism

In 1988, Peruvian captain Juan Vega Llona was shot to death during a trip to La Paz, Bolivia by a hit squad of Shining Path assassins supported by CARP-Bolivia. The Central Committee had ordered for Llona's annihilation in retribution for his involvement in the 1986 Peruvian prison riots, in which 224 Shining Path prisoners were killed during an uprising.[6]

CARP's branches were also used to vandalize and threaten numerous Peruvian embassies, a tactic mainly inspired by the 1992 attempted assassination of Peruvian ambassador Gustavo Silva Aranda in Stockholm, Sweden.[7]

See also

References
  1. "The Shining Path: The Successful Blending of Mao and Mariategui in Peru" (PDF).
  2. Comas, José (1992-09-17). "Fujimori cita con nombres y apellidos a siete senderistas residentes en España". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  3. Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (1992-09-17). "FUJIMORI INTENSIFICA LA PRESIÓN". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  4. CORREO, NOTICIAS (2016-12-06). "El asesinato de Vega Llona | OPINION". Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  5. Strong, Simon (1992-05-24). "Where the Shining Path Leads". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  6. "Punishment and Extermination: The Massacre of Political Prisoners in Lima, Peru, June 1986" (PDF).
  7. Gao, Jian (2021-01-01). "Causing Troubles Elsewhere: The Shining Path and Its International Networks, 1980–1993". Asian Journal of Latin American Studies.
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