Puka Llacta
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Puka Llacta (
Quechua puka red, llaqta place (village, town, city, country, nation))[1] is the name of a Peruvian Maoist
political group that had its origins in the 1970s.
History
A
Communist Party of China. In 1978, Patria Roja broke into 2 factions, one of which is the "Puka Llacta" Communist Party of Peru, with the intention of making concrete actions regarding their discourse of the people's war
.
It is unknown if their militants actually participated in violent acts. However, it is said that in late 1984 Puka Llacta supported the advance of
Huancavelica
departments.
In 2001, David Jimenez Sardon, who used to be affiliated with Puka Llacta, was elected regional president of Puno under the political party called Autonomous Regional Quechua Aymara. Jimenez, an agronomist from the UNA and manager of the EEAA in Junin and Ancash, had a campaign team composed of relatives and old Puka Llacta comrades.
References
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
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