What if Abimael Guzman and Sendero Luminoso had achieved political victory and overthrew the government of Peru during the early Eighties?[FONT="][/FONT]
What if Abimael Guzman and Sendero Luminoso had achieved political victory and overthrew the government of Peru during the early Eighties?[FONT="][/FONT]
Brrrrrr....*shivers*
A Peruan version of the Killing Fields, likely.
Another nasty thing would be that criminals the likes of Pinochet or Garcia Meza would be hailed as heroes of the free world for putting that to an end.
Are you thinking of including this in your TL?OK, I know I'm going to get burned for bringing back a three year old post, but I think this raises an interesting question...
I always though the SP never posed a serious threat to actually take over Peru, more likely they would just become a virtual FARC and control large sections of the less populated countryside while dragging Peru into a 30-year civil war (this was my picture of the worst case scenario). But I have been reading up on the SP, and I never realized how close they really came to taking over, even controlling some of the outskirts of Lima.
But i do agree, if they took over it would be a humanitarian disaster of epic proportions. a flood of refugees would flee into Bolivia, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador. I would guess over 2 million. A South American Killing Fields would follow. And possibly the outlaw of thr Spanish language and making Quecha the national language (in an attmept to shore up rural support). Expect purges of the military, making Peru
Susceptible to foreign intervention. My guess is within 10 months of taking power, Ecuador and Chile invade. Chile to remove the SP, and Ecuador to make a claim on the disputed territories.
Are you thinking of including this in your TL?