The Shining Path was established in Peru during the late 1960’s by philosophy professor Abimael Guzman. Abimael Guzman was teaching at San Cristóbal of Huamanga University in Ayacucho, Peru. Guzman opposed the Peruvian political elites and engaged in left-wing politics. Initially appealing to the poor academics that shared his belief founded on Marxist ideology. Following Guzman’s visit to the People republic of China, deriving influences from Maoist theories. He expanded upon those concepts of communist ideological foundation by including tactics drawn from Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Russia’s Stalin, furthermore Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge. Founded in the 1970’s, following Guzman criticism of the Peruvian Communist Party (PCP). Guzman’s philosophy
