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MRTA

MRTA

1 9.9
A left-wing armed group in Peru that fought the government in the 1980s and 1990s
  • noun
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  • The Peruvian government launched a military campaign against the MRTA to end its insurgency.

Examples

  • The presence of the Shining Path in the Mantaro Valley has also been contested by another armed revolutionary group, the Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA).

    Academic text (1993)

  • In the early 1990s, the MRTA was a significant threat to government stability in Peru.

  • In the early 1990s, the MRTA was also a force to be reckoned with.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The Shining Path drove the MRTA from the upper reaches of the valley, but both groups contested its central portions.

    Academic text (1993)

  • By mid-1993, the MRTA's operational capacity was almost destroyed.

    Academic text (1993)

  • 22 minutes after the first explosion, a team of Peruvian commandos pulled the MRTA flag down from the roof and set it on fire, ending the battle.

    Blog text (17)

  • The MRTA alone challenged the government along the lower course of the Huallaga River (Instituto de Defensa Legal 1992, 283).

    Academic text (1993)

  • Both Sendero and the MRTA have been competing, off and on, for control of the Upper Huallaga ever since 1984-1985, with the Sendero forces gaining a decisive advantage in 1989 and again in 1991-1992.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Although the MRTA was thought to number between 700 and 1,000 armed cadres, it had been badly hurt both by (1) the capture of key leaders in July 1992, including the head of the organization, Victor Polay Campos, and (2) internal divisions (Caretas, 1992b).

    Academic text (1992)

  • By mid-1993, many members of the MRTA had been captured or killed in operations by the military.

Synonyms

Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
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9.9

An armed left-wing rebel group in Peru formed in 1983 to try to overthrow the government

is more neutral in tone and highlights activity across the 1980s and 1990s
Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru
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9.9

An armed group in Peru that wanted a Marxist government and used violence

is focused on overthrow efforts without stressing unlawful violent acts

Surface Forms

MRTA singular
MRTAs plural

Morphology

MRTA = M + R + T + A

MRTA is an initialism whose component letters do not convey lexical meaning to learners; the full phrase (the group's name) must be known to understand it.

Etymology

MRTA is a short name made from the first letters of the Spanish words Movimiento, Revolucionario, Túpac Amaru, and it means 'Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement'. The group took the name of the Andean rebel leader Túpac Amaru, so MRTA points to a Peruvian rebel group that wanted to fight the government.