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The implementation of the "Blood Quota" led to widespread atrocities, including targeted assassinations, bombings, massacres, and other acts of terrorism.<ref name="Quien">{{cite journal |last=Burt |first=Jo-Marie |date=October 2006 |title='Quien habla es terrorista': The political use of fear in Fujimori's Peru |journal=Latin American Research Review |volume=41 |issue=3 |page=38 |doi=10.1353/lar.2006.0036 |doi-access=free}}</ref> The Shining Path's [[Peruvian conflict|campaign of violence]] resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and widespread suffering across [[Peru]] until Guzman's capture in the early 1990s.
The implementation of the "Blood Quota" led to widespread atrocities, including targeted assassinations, bombings, massacres, and other acts of terrorism.<ref name="Quien">{{cite journal |last=Burt |first=Jo-Marie |date=October 2006 |title='Quien habla es terrorista': The political use of fear in Fujimori's Peru |journal=Latin American Research Review |volume=41 |issue=3 |page=38 |doi=10.1353/lar.2006.0036 |doi-access=free}}</ref> The Shining Path's [[Peruvian conflict|campaign of violence]] resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and widespread suffering across [[Peru]] until Guzman's capture in the early 1990s.


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The Shining Path believed in the necessity of a violent revolution to overthrow the Peruvian government and establish a [[communist state]]. The concept of the "Blood Quota" was an integral part of [[Gonzalo Thought|Gonzaloi thought]] and reflected the belief that a certain number of people needed to be killed or sacrificed in order to achieve their revolutionary goals. Increasing conflicts and radicalizing oppositions cannot have any other effect than to accelerate history, bringing closer the day of final triumph.<ref name=":0" />
== Background ==
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The Shining Path believed in the necessity of a violent revolution to overthrow the Peruvian government and establish a communist state. The concept of the "Blood Quota" was an integral part of [[Gonzalo Thought|Gonzaloi thought]] and reflected the belief that a certain number of people needed to be killed or sacrificed in order to achieve their revolutionary goals. Increasing conflicts and radicalizing oppositions cannot have any other effect than to accelerate history, bringing closer the day of final triumph.<ref name=":0" />


This notion itself is rooted in [[Maoism|Maoist]] ideology, which advocated for the use of violence and protracted [[people's war]] as a means of achieving a [[communist revolution]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Priestland |first1=Davis |title=The Red Flag: A History of Communism |date=2009 |publisher=Grove Press |location=New York |page=253}}</ref>
This notion itself is rooted in [[Maoism|Maoist]] ideology, which advocated for the use of violence and protracted [[people's war]] as a means of achieving a [[communist revolution]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Priestland |first1=Davis |title=The Red Flag: A History of Communism |date=2009 |publisher=Grove Press |location=New York |page=253}}</ref>

Guzmán annouced that “''the triumph of the revolution will cost a million deaths''.”<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Actors of the armed conflict |url=https://www.cverdad.org.pe/ifinal/pdf/TOMO%20II/CAPITULO%201%20-%20Los%20actores%20armados%20del%20conflicto/1.1.%20PCP-SL/CONCLUSIONES.pdf |website=Truth and reconciliation commission |page=128}}</ref> "Paying the quota" meant that the ''senderista'' would "cross rivers of blood" for the triumph of the "people's war".<ref name=":1" /> The aim was to incite the Peruvian State to carry out acts of violence against the civilian population so that, in this way, the Shining Path could obtain popular support and the capacity for mass mobilization: the violence of the reaction had revolutionary effects by growing hatred and a desire for revenge among those affected, which in turn would lead to an acceleration of the ruin of the old order.<ref name=":0" />

In December 1982 President [[Fernando Belaúnde]] declared a [[state of emergency]] and ordered that the [[Peruvian Armed Forces]] fight the Shining Path, granting them extraordinary powers.<ref name=":42">{{Cite journal |last=Werlich |first=David P. |date=January 1987 |title=Debt, Democracy and Terrorism in Peru |journal=[[Current History]] |volume=86 |issue=516 |pages=29–32, 36–37 |doi=10.1525/curh.1987.86.516.29 |s2cid=249689936}}</ref> Military leadership adopted practices used by Argentina during the [[Dirty War]], committing [[State terrorism]], with entire villages being [[massacred]] by the armed forces while civilians endured [[Forcibly disappear|forced disappearance]].<ref name=":03">{{Cite journal |last=Mauceri |first=Philip |date=Winter 1995 |title=State reform, coalitions, and the neoliberal 'autogolpe' in Peru |journal=[[Latin American Research Review]] |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=7–37 |doi=10.1017/S0023879100017155 |s2cid=252749746 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=":422">{{Cite journal |last=Werlich |first=David P. |date=January 1987 |title=Debt, Democracy and Terrorism in Peru |journal=[[Current History]] |volume=86 |issue=516 |pages=29–32, 36–37 |doi=10.1525/curh.1987.86.516.29 |s2cid=249689936}}</ref> When the military started organizing peasant militias ("''[[Rondas campesinas|rondas]]''") to fight Senderistas, the Shining Path showed no mercy: during the [[1983 Lucanamarca massacre|Lucanamarca massacre]], nearly 70 indigenous people were murdered. The youngest victim was six months old, the oldest about seventy.<ref name="Huancasancos">Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación. 28 August 2003. [http://www.cverdad.org.pe/ifinal/pdf/TOMO%20VII/Casos%20Ilustrativos-UIE/2.6.%20LUCANAMARCA.pdf "La Masacre de Lucanamarca (1983)"]. Accessed 10 February 2008. {{in lang|es}}</ref> Most were killed by machete and axe hacks; some were shot in the head at close range.<ref name="Huancasancos" /> Discussing the massacre, Guzman asserted that ''"the main point was to make them understand that we were a hard nut to crack, and that we were ready for anything, anything (..)".''<ref>{{Cite web |title=2.6. La masacre de Lucanamarca (1983) |url=https://www.cverdad.org.pe/ifinal/pdf/TOMO%20VII/Casos%20Ilustrativos-UIE/2.6.%20LUCANAMARCA.pdf |website=Truth and reconciliation commission}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 20:26, 29 February 2024

Drawing of Abimael Guzman holding a book whose title reads "Develop the people's war in service of the world revolution"
Abimael Guzman holding a book whose title reads "Develop the people's war in service of the world revolution"

The blood quota (Spanish: cuota de sangre) is a concept developed by Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, through which the communist militant must sacrifice his life for the world proletarian revolution.[1][2]​ As part of the blood quota communist militants promote hatred to attract adherents, instrumentalize the masses in their favor and tolerates cruelty against their opponents to gain obedience, viewing violence as a necessary element on the path to communism and death as an heroic act.[3]

The implementation of the "Blood Quota" led to widespread atrocities, including targeted assassinations, bombings, massacres, and other acts of terrorism.[4] The Shining Path's campaign of violence resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and widespread suffering across Peru until Guzman's capture in the early 1990s.

The Shining Path believed in the necessity of a violent revolution to overthrow the Peruvian government and establish a communist state. The concept of the "Blood Quota" was an integral part of Gonzaloi thought and reflected the belief that a certain number of people needed to be killed or sacrificed in order to achieve their revolutionary goals. Increasing conflicts and radicalizing oppositions cannot have any other effect than to accelerate history, bringing closer the day of final triumph.[3]

This notion itself is rooted in Maoist ideology, which advocated for the use of violence and protracted people's war as a means of achieving a communist revolution.[5]

Guzmán annouced that “the triumph of the revolution will cost a million deaths.”[6] "Paying the quota" meant that the senderista would "cross rivers of blood" for the triumph of the "people's war".[6] The aim was to incite the Peruvian State to carry out acts of violence against the civilian population so that, in this way, the Shining Path could obtain popular support and the capacity for mass mobilization: the violence of the reaction had revolutionary effects by growing hatred and a desire for revenge among those affected, which in turn would lead to an acceleration of the ruin of the old order.[3]

In December 1982 President Fernando Belaúnde declared a state of emergency and ordered that the Peruvian Armed Forces fight the Shining Path, granting them extraordinary powers.[7] Military leadership adopted practices used by Argentina during the Dirty War, committing State terrorism, with entire villages being massacred by the armed forces while civilians endured forced disappearance.[8][9] When the military started organizing peasant militias ("rondas") to fight Senderistas, the Shining Path showed no mercy: during the Lucanamarca massacre, nearly 70 indigenous people were murdered. The youngest victim was six months old, the oldest about seventy.[10] Most were killed by machete and axe hacks; some were shot in the head at close range.[10] Discussing the massacre, Guzman asserted that "the main point was to make them understand that we were a hard nut to crack, and that we were ready for anything, anything (..)".[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "El ocaso de Sendero y la muerte de Guzmán". noticiasser.pe (in Spanish). 2021-09-13. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  2. ^ Roncagliolo, Santiago (2007). La cuarta espada: la historia de Abimael Guzmán y Sendero Luminoso. Barcelone: Debate. ISBN 978-84-8306-738-3.
  3. ^ a b c Portocarrero Maisch, Gonzalo (2014). Razones de sangre (2nd ed.). Fondo Editorial de la PUC. pp. 27–35. ISBN 978-612-4146-92-3.
  4. ^ Burt, Jo-Marie (October 2006). "'Quien habla es terrorista': The political use of fear in Fujimori's Peru". Latin American Research Review. 41 (3): 38. doi:10.1353/lar.2006.0036.
  5. ^ Priestland, Davis (2009). The Red Flag: A History of Communism. New York: Grove Press. p. 253.
  6. ^ a b "Actors of the armed conflict" (PDF). Truth and reconciliation commission. p. 128.
  7. ^ Werlich, David P. (January 1987). "Debt, Democracy and Terrorism in Peru". Current History. 86 (516): 29–32, 36–37. doi:10.1525/curh.1987.86.516.29. S2CID 249689936.
  8. ^ Mauceri, Philip (Winter 1995). "State reform, coalitions, and the neoliberal 'autogolpe' in Peru". Latin American Research Review. 30 (1): 7–37. doi:10.1017/S0023879100017155. S2CID 252749746.
  9. ^ Werlich, David P. (January 1987). "Debt, Democracy and Terrorism in Peru". Current History. 86 (516): 29–32, 36–37. doi:10.1525/curh.1987.86.516.29. S2CID 249689936.
  10. ^ a b Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación. 28 August 2003. "La Masacre de Lucanamarca (1983)". Accessed 10 February 2008. (in Spanish)
  11. ^ "2.6. La masacre de Lucanamarca (1983)" (PDF). Truth and reconciliation commission.
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