News from the supporters of Peru's Sendersos

The Communist Party of Perú (PCP) — continues to carry out attacks on Peruvian military and police targets in 2008.

After joining the RIM of the worldwide Maoist revolutionary movement in 1980, PCP proceeded to conduct a Peoples War. When reorganised by Chairman Gonzalo of the Communist Party of Peru, the PCP's stated objective was the total reordering of Peruvian society along the lines of the People's Republic of China under Mao Tse Tung.

What should be a primary source of concern to the incoming U.S. imperialist administration, is that the PCP's resurgence is to be viewed as an integral part of a wave of leftist ideology in Latin America.

PCP's geographical reach and the military force it commands make it a competing and increasingly threatening "state within a state" in Peru.

The PCP's current leadership has been under constant pressure from Peru's reactionary US imperialist backed forces over the last year. The PCP is currently focusing their activities on the jungle-covered VRAE (Valley of the Rivers Apurimac and Ene).

The Communist Party of Perú (PCP) Strikes Back

Though government sources have estimated only 150 PCP fighters remain active, this force (if is the case) still continues to mount deadly attacks on Peruvian reactionary forces. In what was described by Peruvian Government sources as the bloodiest PCP attack in ten years, PCP guerrillas killed approximately 14 Peruvian soldiers in a carefully planned ambush of a patrol in Peru's Huancavelica province on October 9 (AFP, October 10). The PCP announced the attack was intended to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Peruvian Communist Party (EFE,November 19).

Following attack on outpost, graffitee is written.

VRAE (Valley of the Rivers Apurimac and Ene) region Perú, 2008

Ominously, an October 22 report stated that PCP members had dynamite from the mining camp of the US imperialist firm Doe Run, likely presaging the form of future attacks by PCP in the area. Indicative of the isolated character of the area and the nature of PCP's existing and planned activities, the guerrillas also took medical supplies, food and radios from this US imperialist firm (Reuters, October 22).

November marked yet another upsurge in PCP attacks. On November 12, two Peruvian soldiers were wounded when gunmen believed to be PCP fighters targeted a helicopter responding to an earlier attack that wounded two other Peruvian soldiers (Latin American Herald Tribune, November 15).

Another ambush in the Huallaga Valley on November 27 killed five police officers, including two members of the Special Operations unit. At least 40 PCP guerrillas using hand grenades, shotguns and automatic weapons were involved in the attack (Peruvian Times, November 28). The ambush was remarkably similar to one carried out in nearly the same place in 2005 by 30 PCP guerrillas.

The latest PCP attack came days after a sweep of the Huallaga Valley by reactionary state agents of the "Huallaga Front" failed to locate the PCP commander. Over 60 Peruvian state reactionaries have been killed in ambushes on roads in the region since 2001, with the annual rate on the increase (Con Nuestro Peru, November 29).

Reflecting the PCP's long-term ambitions, the PCP is reported by Peruvian Police sources to have been planning attacks in Peru's capital, Lima, during the recently concluded summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting. The APEC Summit meeting, in what must have been a very inviting target, brought together the heads of state of 21 imperialist and reactionary nations, including U.S. imperialist George Bush and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.

Actual PCP documents captured from one of the group's camps, and reportedly authored by PCP's leadership, characterised the APEC Summit meeting as being attractive to the group because of the media coverage that an attack would garner (Peru.com, November 18).

Conclusion of supporters of Perú Revolution.

We have admired the support of the past and appeal to the peoples, RIM and Maoist parties outside RIM to inform and disseminate details of the resurgent Maoist led peoples struggle in Perú.

Please don't remain silent! We will and are in the process of once again building our beloved party along the line of people's war in accordance with the concrete condition of Perú.

Long live the developing peoples war in Peru!

Long live MLM!

Struggle against wrong lines and develop peoples war!

Long live Revolution in Perú, Nepal and around the world!

Long live RIM!

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