The Shining Path’s Abimael Guzmán Helped Keep Peru in the Past
Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, has died at the age of 86. With his passing and the rise of a new left-wing government, Peru finally has the chance to move forward.
Miguel La Serna is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and coauthor, with Orin Starn, of the book The Shining Path: Love, Madness, and Revolution in the Andes.
Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, has died at the age of 86. With his passing and the rise of a new left-wing government, Peru finally has the chance to move forward.