The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) is based on Marxist-Leninist revolutionary theory. The group was founded with two primary goals.  First, MRTA is dedicated to overthrowing the current Peruvian government and replacing it with a Marxist state.  Second, the group aims to expel the U.S. commercial and diplomatic presence from Peru.  The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement takes great pride in the fact that it is an organization of the people, and strives to connect with peasants, students, and members of trade unions.  <P> The MRTA is the second-largest Marxist guerrilla movement in recent Peruvian history, following the Shining Path.  While the Shining Path is characterized by an isolationist and elite terrorist leadership, MRTA has attempted to foster relationships with the Peruvian peasantry and other socialist groups.  The MRTA's economic vision, enacted in a few small areas that were once controlled by the group, is that of a mixed economy based on communal planning.

The MRTA has not conducted a significant terrorist attack since the 1997 attack on the Japanese Embassy in Lima, Peru.  Today, it appears that the MRTA is most concerned with achieving the release of imprisoned MRTA members, some of whom are being held in Bolivia.

The Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army, a Bolivian terrorist organization, was active for a short duration in the early 1990s.  The group was first heard from on July 5, 1991; by the end of 1992, the group's leadership had been captured; subsequently, the group's terrorist attacks sputtered out by the conclusion of 1993.  During its compressed existence as a terrorist threat, the Tupac Katari Guerilla Movement counted approximately 100 terrorists in its ranks.  <P><br /><br />The Tupac Katari Guerilla Movement, also known by its Spanish acronym EGTK, was an indigenous Bolivian terrorist entity.  EGTK members believed that Bolivia should be returned to its pre-colonial status, in terms of its form of government, economic system and social structure.  EGTK hoped to decrease Western influence in Bolivia and increase the indigenous Indian populace's power over the country's culture and priorities.   With this objective in mind, EGTK conducted terrorist attacks, frequently low-level bombings, of power pylons, oil pipelines, government facilities, and missionary churches.  In addition to frequent attacks on domestic power and oil facilities, EGTK bombed several Mormon churches within Bolivia, and also bombed a US Agency for International Development (USAID) motorpool.