The Latin American and Caribbean region has witnesses much oppression, injustice and political strife, however its revolutionary and guerilla style method of working towards achieving greater changes has taken shape in various ways. All of revolutionary movements have said to be fighting for a greater cause, which would prove to be liberating people from political oppression, economic slum and social deficiencies. However, the means, strategies, and results have varied. The focus within this brief analysis was centered on the revolutionary movement in Peru and that within Nicaragua.
             To compliment a further objective of this essay, was a parallel perspective on each revolution, its pros and cons, and means of achieving the desired goal, by Rigoberta Menchu, in corelance to her own revolutionary activism in Guatemala.
             Echoes throughout Peru--from remote mountain and jungle villages, from occupied universities, and from the immense shantytowns that surround Lima. The downtrodden of Peru have risen up in a revolutionary storm. It was the final odyssey in the struggle against oppression for indigenous people who have been held down for centuries. Out of extensive period of oppression, political dissatisfaction and despair, people finally began to mobilize to demand a change. Out of various political, social and economical circumstances, a revolutionary movement was born, known as the Shinning Path. It's considered by many to be the most dangerous and violent terrorist organization in the world. The group derives its name from Mariategui, an avowed Marxist, who once stated that Marxism was a "shining path to the future." Yet, despite this apparent connection, Shining Path espouses a neo-Maoist orientation and was formed as a splinter group of the Communist Party of Peru. The goal of this organization is the destruction of the existing Peruvian government in favor of an Indian-run socialist system. It attempts to carry out this goa...