Revolutionary Left Movement (Peru)

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Revolutionary Left Movement
Revolutionary Left Movement flag.
Active	1962–1965
Country	Peru
Allegiance	Communism Marxism-Leninism Guevarism Foco theory Revolutionary socialism
Nickname(s)	Miristas
Colors	Red and black
Commanders
Notable commanders	Luis de la Puente Uceda
Insignia
Identification symbol	'MIR' Initials

The Revolutionary Left Movement (in Spanish: Movimiento de la Izquierda Revolucionaria) was a Marxist–Leninist group founded in Peru in 1962 by Luis de la Puente Uceda and his group APRA Rebelde, a splinter group from the APRA which had rallied the government in the 1950s and 1960s. Inspired by the Cuban Revolution and close to a non-aligned position which opposed itself to the Communist Party of Peru, the Soviet Union and China, the group initiated guerrilla actions against the government in 1965. After its leader's death at the end of 1965, the MIR split into three different factions. One of them, the MIR-EM, merged with the Revolutionary Socialist Party (Marxist-Leninist) in 1982 to create the Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru (MRTA). The two others factions, MIR-VR and MIR-IV, joined the parliamentary left-wing coalition Izquierda Unida in the early 1980s.