Sendero Luminoso

American  

[sen-de-raw loo-mee-naw-saw] / sɛnˈdɛ rɔ ˌlu miˈnɔ sɔ /

noun

1. Spanish. a Maoist guerrilla movement active in Peru since 1980.

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Etymology

Origin of Sendero Luminoso

< literally, Shining Path

Example Sentences

Founded in the late 1960s by philosophy professor Abimael Guzmán, Sendero Luminoso expanded rapidly – and initially peacefully – in the 1970s by recruiting university students.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2016

In 2013, he spent eight days at El Sendero Luminoso, in the desert of northern Mexico, dangling from ropes, memorizing hundreds of discrete movement sequences on tiny holds, before free-soloing it in January last year.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2015

But to Peruvian officials, Sendero Luminoso remains a frightening specter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lituma knows--indeed, everyone in the Andes seems to know--that the Maoist guerrilla movement Sendero Luminoso, or Shining Path, is gaining control in the region.

From Time Magazine Archive

The city, says Raul Gonzalez, a sociologist and expert on the Sendero Luminoso, "is now the critical spot to Sendero's future."

From Time Magazine Archive