Editing Politics of Peru (section)

== Organizations ==

=== Armed groups ===
Leftist guerrilla groups include [[Shining Path]], the [[Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement]] (MRTA). Both Shining Path and MRTA are considered [[terrorism|terrorist]] organizations.

=== Regional groups ===
Regional groups representing peasant and indigenous groups exist in the outlying provinces, often working to promote autonomy.<ref name="PROFE22">{{cite book|last1=Asensio|first1=Raúl|url=https://fondoeditorial.iep.org.pe/producto/el-profe-como-pedro-castillo-se-convirtio-en-presidente-del-peru-y-que-pasara-a-continuacion-2/|title=El Profe: Cómo Pedro Castillo se convirtió en presidente del Perú y qué pasará a continuación|last2=Camacho|first2=Gabriela|last3=González|first3=Natalia|last4=Grompone|first4=Romeo|last5=Pajuelo Teves|first5=Ramón|last6=Peña Jimenez|first6=Omayra|last7=Moscoso|first7=Macarena|last8=Vásquez|first8=Yerel|last9=Sosa Villagarcia|first9=Paolo|date=August 2021|publisher=[[Institute of Peruvian Studies]]|isbn=978-612-326-084-2|edition=1|location=[[Lima, Peru]]|pages=27–71|language=es|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> Groups promoting autonomy agreements with larger states possibly existed since the [[Inca Empire]] and such sentiments of independence have continued among local communities to current times.<ref name="PROFE22" />

=== Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) ===
In the early 1970s and 1980s, many grassroots organizations emerged in Peru. They were concerned with the problems of local people and poverty reduction. Organizations such as Solaris Peru, Traperos de Emus San Agustin, APRODE PERU, Cáritas del Perú, and the American organization CARE, with their Peruvian location, fought to address poverty in their communities with different approaches, depending on the organization.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} In 2000, these organizations played an important role in the [[decentralization]] process. Their hope was that power would be clearly divided between national and local governments, and the latter would be able to address social justice and the concerns of local people better than the national government could. Some [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] members even became part of local governments. There is a debate about the extent to which this engagement in politics contributes to the attainment of their original goals.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mixed Feelings |author=Monika Huber, Wolfgang Kaiser |publisher=dandc.eu |date=February 2013 |url=http://www.dandc.eu/en/article/perus-ngos-want-government-decentralisation-serve-social-goals-and-public-participation}}</ref>