Shining Path allowed elections for the first time in a dozen years in 1980, the Shining Path was one of the few leftist political groups that declined to take part. It chose to begin guerrilla war in the highlands of the Ayacucho Region. On May 17, 1980, on the eve of the presidential elections, it burned ballot boxes in the town of Chuschi. It was the first "act of war" by the Shining Path. The perpetrators were quickly caught and additional ballots were shipped to Chuschi. The elections proceeded without further problems, and the incident received little attention in the Peruvian press.
Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party of the Chinese Communist Party. The museum is accessible within walking distance south of South Huangpi Road Station of Shanghai Metro. Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The Site of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party () is now preserved as a museum in Shanghai, China. It is located in Xintiandi, on Xingye Road (formerly Rue Wantz, in the Shanghai French Concession). It is located in the historical shikumen buildings in which the 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China took place during the month of July in 1921. The