Shining Path police guards as hostages. They had been working in the Camisea gas pipeline project that would take natural gas from Cusco to Lima. According to sources from Peru's Interior Ministry, the rebels asked for a sizable ransom to free the hostages. Two days later, after a rapid military response, the rebels abandoned the hostages; according to government sources no ransom was paid. However, there were rumors that US$200,000 was paid to the rebels. Government forces have captured three leading Shining Path members. In April 2000, Commander José Arcela Chiroque, called "Ormeño", was captured, followed by another leader, Florentino Cerrón Cardozo,
History of the Portuguese Communist Party Afghanistan, Palestine, Cuba, and the Basque Country are constant concerns in the Party's agenda. Since the election of 2015, the Party supports the government of António Costa together with the Left Bloc. "In Portuguese": "In English": History of the Portuguese Communist Party The history of the Portuguese Communist Party (, , or PCP), spans a period of more than 92 years, since its foundation in 1921 as the Portuguese section of the Communist International (Comintern) to the present. The Party is still an active force within Portuguese society. After its foundation, the party experienced little time as a legal party