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Peruvian conflict

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This page seems to have incomplete information in some sections. This also C-rated level-5 vital article in the South America contemporary history category, so improving the page is warranted. Although the talk section has extensive politically charged debate,

This article is also about political instability, counter insurgency, state oppression, and transformative justice in Peru. All these are topics related to the course "Global Politics of Policing"

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Lead Section


 * Overall this section seems to be mostly complete and summarizes the conflict portion well. Though it is missing some critical aspects such as mentioning the Fujimori administrations or reasons for low level activity, perhaps adding some mention of these while keeping the article brief would be a good idea.

Content

The article recently updated its citations and covers the various stages of the conflict, and the tone is neutral as far as I'm concerned. Talk section is understandably politically charged, but productive on their proposed changes occasionally. However, the article feels barebones for someone who is more familiar with the conflict (someone who studies the issue or lived through those experiences) and might give the wrong impression to readers. Some portions of the article are more balanced than others. The unbalanced sections seem unintentionally promote themes of counter insurgencies and government conflict with insurgent groups more than other themes, such as the Peruvian government role in escalating the conflict. I believe its unintentional because the text itself doesn't use a bias tone, its just the sheer amount of information on one side that makes it unbalanced.

An example of this is the Fujimori Administration section. Its very informative about the illicit activities of Shinning Path but speak less of the illicit activities of the Peruvian government. All but the first two paragraphs of the section go into detail on insurgent attacks and government operations. Although those first two paragraphs mention Fujimori's most infamous crackdowns and human right violations, it fails to mention other targets and forms persecution against the general Peruvian population. Its almost as if the writers of the sub-section forgot the Fujimori Administration and the Peruvian conflict as a whole was also about non-combatant groups.

Additionally, I think an "Impact" section for the article is warranted. This conflict has had a significant impact in Peruvian society politically and culturally. Conflicting historical memory has impacted to the increasing polarization of with Peruvian politics, shown by the social impact of memorials like The Eyes that Cry. After Fujimori's self-coup of 1992, the executive branch of the government was significantly weakened and led to the ongoing political crisis in Peru.

Citations are needed:


 * Claims of military coup by General Juan Velasco Alvarado in the Background section.


 * Dates regarding the formation of Shinning Path's military wing the People's Guerrilla Army and their Guerrilla War methods in the Belaúnde administration (1980–1985) sub-section.


 * The timeline has multiple uncited events not previously mentioned in article.


 * Various paragraphs in the Fujimori administration (1990–2000) sub-section.

Certain statistics are uncited:


 * number of MRTA militants in the infobox.

ASPRET involvement in the infobox has no citation.

Overall Opinion

This article presents well known facts and narratives about the Peruvian Conflict, If someone wanted to know the general idea of the Peruvian Conflict, this would give you a 6 or 7 out 10 overview at best. The Spanish version of the article does a way better job at presenting this information in detail.