ARGENTINA: The Shining Path's political wing, Movadef, holds protest against visit of Peruvian President Ollanta Humala to Argentina

Record ID: 447330

  • Title: ARGENTINA: The Shining Path's political wing, Movadef, holds protest against visit of Peruvian President Ollanta Humala to Argentina
  • Date: 28th November 2012
  • Summary: BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (NOVEMBER 27, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ARGENTINE PRESIDENT CRISTINA FERNANDEZ AND PERUVIAN PRESIDENT OLLANTA HUMALA SIGNING BILATERAL AGREEMENTS IN THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE LEFTIST GROUPS MEMBERS, LINKED TO GUERILLA GROUPS FROM THE 70s, TOGETHER WITH MOVADEF [MOVEMENT FOR AMNESTY AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS] SECRETARY, DIEGO RAYME VARIOUS OF SIGN OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN PERU RAYME SHOWING DOCUMENTS IN NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) SECRETARY GENRAL OF MOVADEF-ARGENTINA, DIEGO RAYME, SAYING: "Movadef has come out to defend the rights of our people, this is the reality and the clear example is that we have 4000 young people in Movadef and 360 000 signatures supporting its registration (of the movement). What is the motive for which they do not let communists have a political life in the country? We have had jail terms, many of us have spent years in prison and under horrible conditions where many of us still have not only the physical effects, but also the psychological effects." VARIOUS OF GROUP MEMBERS TOGETHER WITH RAYME AT NEWS CONFERENCE SIGN AGAINST HUMALA GOVERNMENTS' MILITARY POLICY AND REPRESSION
  • Embargoed: 13th December 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Argentina
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA5CWWX89SVHFO7JK55TS1EUTQ
  • Story Text: As Peruvian President Ollanta Humala's visited Argentina on Tuesday (November 27), Movadef, the political arm of Peru's Shining Path insurgency staged a protest in Buenos Aires against the visit.

    "Movadef has come out to defend the rights of our people, this is the reality and the clear example is that we have 4000 young people in Movadef and 360 000 signatures supporting its registration (of the movement). What is the motive for which they do not let communists have a political life in the country? We have had jail terms, many of us have spent years in prison and under horrible conditions where many of us still have not only the physical effects, but also the psychological effects," said Movadef-Argentina Secretary General, Diego Rayme.
    The Shining Path is the Maoist insurgency that nearly toppled the Peruvian state until it was severely weakened after its founder Abimael Guzman was captured in 1992, but it did not disappear altogether.
    To prevent Movadef's growth, officials have blocked it from registering as a political party and Humala has proposed a muzzle law that would jail anyone who denies the Shining Path's role in a civil war that it started in 1980 and that killed 69,000 people.
    Shining Path was defeated militarily after Guzman's capture but now - through Movadef - it is showing a boisterous public face. And it has made some inroads.
    It is not clear, however, if the radicals could again take up weapons; even though most Shining Path rebels have disarmed, they have not renounced violence.
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