http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/25/peru-fears-shining-path-youth-violence

Peru fears new generation will follow Shining Path’s road to violence

It was one of Latin America’s most durable and fierce guerrilla movements: Andean Maoists who waged two decades of war on Peruvian society that left almost 70,000 people dead or missing.

But now, 20 years after the Shining Path suffered a spectacular decapitation with the arrest of its founding father Abimael Guzmán and most of the rest of its leadership, there is growing alarm about a peaceful successor movement that is seducing young people who have no first hand recollection of the violence of the past.

For 18-year-old Javier Ortiz, the lyrics from a little-known song from the 1950s resonate loudly today.

“The air brings the past and yesterday’s aroma,” goes the melancholic ballad by Los Morochucos.

“I like their songs,” says Ortiz, “because the words reflect….”