Shining Path birthday celebration for Guzmán in Lurigancho prison in December 1990. "Without Presidente Gonzalo, we would have nothing." At the same time, the Shining Path suffered embarrassing military defeats to self-defense organizations of rural "campesinos" — supposedly its social base. When Guzmán called for peace talks, the organization fractured into splinter groups, with some Shining Path members in favor of such talks and others opposed. Guzmán's role as the leader of the Shining Path was taken over by Óscar Ramírez, who himself was captured by Peruvian authorities in 1999. After Ramírez's capture, the group splintered, guerrilla activity diminished sharply, and peace
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece the Non Governmental Organization, Antinazi Initiative. The Trade Union wing of OAKKE, acting mainly in the ship repair zone in Perama, is ERGAS. Antinazi Initiative, corresponds to the British antifascist "Searchlight". It publishes the monthly newspaper "New East", and wall newspapers which are posted at key points in many cities across the country by its members and friends. Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece The Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (, "Orgánosi yia tin Anasigkrótisi tou Komounistikoú Kómmatos Elládas"), mostly known by its acronym OAKKE, is a minor Greek political party