week 11

I will like to start saying that what happened in Peru was not a civil war, it was terrorism. Terrorism caused by different fronts, the state, the military forces, the narcotraficants, Shinning Path and MRTA. Civilians were trapped in the middle of this conflict but it was not their war. The moment in which the problem begins is controversial however I believe that is rooted in decades of history of indigenous segregation exploitation.

The problem with Peru is that we have not accepted our identity moreover we have built a class hierarchy which fundaments are last names and physical appearance. When Peru’s government redefined its frameworks based on neoliberalism. It continued to limit social and economic mobilization and the recognition of indigenous identity, subjecting the indigenous to exploitative relationships. At the same time, the new material social relations of the Lima bourgeoisie fed by neoliberalism and industrial globalization strengthen the intersubjective systems of ethnic-cultural hierarchy.

The result were initiatives such as Shinning Path and MRTA which aimed the total destruction of the system.