HyperDic: tupac_amaru_revolutionary_movement

English > 1 sense of the expression Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement:
NOUNgroupTupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Anaru, MRTAa Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Peru
English > Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Peru; was formed in 1983 to overthrow the Peruvian government and replace it with a Marxist regime; has connections with the ELN in Bolivia.
SynonymsMovimiento Revolucionario Tupac Anaru, MRTA
Categoryterrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist actThe calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature
Instance ofterrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTOA political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
RegionPeru, Republic of PeruA republic in western South America

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