Viceroyalty of Peru arrived in Lima with Antonio José de Sucre to plan the offensive. In February 1824 the royalists briefly regained control of Lima. Olañeta's Rebellion started by surprise and the entire royalist army of Upper Peru (today's Bolivia) revolted, led by Pedro Antonio Olañeta (royalist) against La Serna, the viceroy of Peru (a liberal). This broke the royal army and started a civil war in Upper Peru. Having regrouped in Trujillo, Bolívar in June led his rebel forces south to confront the Spanish under Field Marshal José de Canterac. The two armies met on the plains of Junín on August 6,
Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland major Marxist group in the country. It participates in the build-up of the Broad Left Front (FAI). The general secretary of the party, Alberto Moreno, was the FAI candidate in the 2006 presidential elections. The official organ of the Central Committee of the party is called "Patria Roja". Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland (in Spanish: "Partido Comunista del Perú - Patria Roja") is a political party in Peru founded in 1970, through a split in the Peruvian Communist Party - Red Flag. It is led by Alberto Moreno and Rolando Breña.