Shining Path Throughout the 1980s, the Shining Path grew, both in terms of the territory it controlled, and in the number of militants in its organization, particularly in the Andean highlands. It gained support from local peasants by filling the political void left by the central government and providing "popular justice". This caused the peasantry of many Peruvian villages to express some sympathy for the Shining Path, especially in the impoverished and neglected regions of Ayacucho, Apurímac, and Huancavelica. At times, the civilian population of small, neglected towns participated in popular trials, especially when the victims of the trials were widely disliked.
Communist Movement of the Valencian Country first violent episodes of the "Battle of València". 6,000 people attended his funeral. The MCPV gained 27 town councillors in the Spanish municipal elections of 1979. Due to bad electoral results in general elections, the party abandoned electoralism and supported street protests and social movements. It was highly influential in the anti-NATO campaign of the 80's and in the anti-Military service movement. The party joined Alternative Left in 1991. Communist Movement of the Valencian Country Communist Movement of the Valencian Country (Valencian: "Moviment Comunista del País Valencià", "MCPV") was a communist political party created in the Valencian Country during the