Comments by "Serenity" (@SerenityM54L2SAM5L5N1) on "Peru protests after Congress approves cabinet" video.

  1. The PM's excuse for terrorism is alarming, but quite expected when you look at who leads this cabinet. A left-winger in favor of a planned economy who've appeased socialists in the country. The PM's (not the president's) comments: "In May 2021, the Office of the Prosecutor Against Terrorism opened an investigation against Guido Bellido for the alleged crime of "apology to terrorism", following an interview where he spoke about the Shining Path : "The country was in a disastrous state in 1980. Some Peruvians took the wrong path. Are they Peruvians or not? They have rights. What do you have against the members of the Shining Path?" he had said in an interview with an online media" As for what type of group the Shining Path is, it's a communist organization that uses violence to achieve their goals. Designated as terrorists by plenty of states, according to Wikipedia: "The Communist Party of Peru – is a revolutionary communist party and guerrilla group in Peru following Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and Gonzalo Thought. " "When it first launched during the internal conflict in Peru in 1980, its goal was to overthrow the state by guerrilla warfare and replace it with a New Democracy. The PCP-SL believed that by establishing a dictatorship of the proletariat, inducing a cultural revolution, and eventually sparking a world revolution, they could arrive at full communism. Their representatives stated that the then-existing socialist countries were revisionist, and the Shining Path was the vanguard of the world communist movement. The PCP-SL's ideology and tactics have influenced other Maoist insurgent groups such as the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) and other Revolutionary Internationalist Movement-affiliated organizations. The Peruvian guerrillas were peculiar in that they had a high proportion of women; 50% of the combatants and 40% of the commanders were women. " "The Shining Path has been widely condemned for its brutality, including violence deployed against peasants, trade union organizers, competing Marxist groups, elected officials and the general public. The Shining Path is regarded as a terrorist organization by Peru, Japan, the United States, the European Union, and Canada, which consequently prohibit funding and other financial support for the group." I can see why the new Peruvian cabinet were questioned. The left-leaning socialist policies that the current president is advocating for does not have a good track record. Hopefully the country doesn't fall into a deeper recession and economic downturn.
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