Ethnocacerism

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Ethnocacerism
Etnocacerismo
LeaderDisputed between Ollanta Humala and Antauro Humala
FounderIsaac Humala
Founded2000; 21 years ago (2000)
HeadquartersLima
MembershipPeruvian Nationalist Party (pro-Ollanta faction)
Union for Peru (pro-Antauro faction)
IdeologyIndigenism
Ethnonationalism
Social conservatism
Anti-Chilean sentiment
Anti-communism
Anti-Fujimorism (pro-Antauro faction)
Anti-immigration
Economic liberalism (pro-Ollanta faction)
Political positionSyncretic
Colours  Red   Black
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The Ethnocacerist movement (Spanish: Movimiento etnocacerista, also sometimes referred to as the Movimiento Nacionalista Peruano or "Peruvian Nationalist Movement") is a Peruvian ethnic nationalist movement seeking the establishment of a proletarian dictatorship led by the country's Indigenous communities and their descendants. It draws on the history of Indigenous and anticolonial movements, including those of Juan Velasco Alvarado, Evo Morales, Abdel Nasser, Muammar Gaddafi and Che Guevara. It is considered an Indigenist ideology.

The name etnocacerista is composed of two parts: the first evokes Peru's ethnic identity (specifically, its origins with the Quechua, a Native Peruvian people often identified in the popular imagination with the Inca, a pre-Columbian royal group); the second indicates the group's veneration of 19th century president and war hero Andrés Avelino Cáceres, who led a guerrilla resistance campaign against occupying Chilean troops during the War of the Pacific. Due to the latter, the movement also demands the return of the territories of Arica and Tarapacá that were lost to Chile in the war.

Most of its members are armed forces veterans of Peru's internal wars or the border disputes with Ecuador in the 1980s and 1990s.[citation needed]

History[]

Origins[]

Etnocacerism as a doctrine was begun by Ollanta Humala and Antauro Humala in 1987 during the Internal War against the Shining Path.[1] Etnocacerism began as a military doctrine and organizing strategy, not a political doctrine, that was contesting the military doctrine and strategic errors of the Peruvian armed forces, which viewed the Indigenous countryside as a foreign territory and colony. Ollanta Humala explains that Etnocacerism began from the personal experiences of soldiers on the field in clandestine study groups. While critical of high military and political officials, it was not a conspiratorial movement against these official. Rather, Etnocacerism was developed to be an effective military doctrine that spoke to the experiences of Indigenous peoples (Quechua, Aymara, Amazonians), viewed the war as much a political campaign as a military one, and would win over Indigenous peoples in contested territories against the Shining Path.

Etnocacerismo becomes a political doctrine following an uprising in Locumba, Tacna, in 2000 led by the Humala brothers.

Ideology[]

"Neither Left nor Right"[]

Etnocacerists distinguish themselves from the both the political right-wing (Free Markets, Liberalism) and "Eurocentric" left-wing (European radical theories, Marxist doctrine) in Peru. Being an opponent of Capitalism, Fascism, and Marxism,[2] Etnocacerism seeks to create an organic Indigenist ideology that comes from Peruvian history starting with the earliest Indigenous civilizations and the philosophical tradition of Peru starting from the Incas into the 21st century. Their use of the slogan "ni derecha ni izquierda" traces itself to Juan Velasco Alvarado's revolutionary military government (1968-1975) which remained unaligned to either the US (First World) or Soviet Union (Second World).[3] This position of non-alignment and Third-Worldism meant looking for solutions in Peruvian and Latin American history, such as the rebel hero Tupac Amaru and writer José Carlos Mariátegui. Furthermore, Progressive forces in the military and unions, including Marxist–Leninist parties, were friendly with Velasco due to his policies of nationalizing key industries, rural land reform, and Indigenous cultural promotion.

These anticolonial policies are still advocated by Antauro Humala and the Etnocacerists. Parallel to Velasco and the Marxist-Leninists, the Etnocaceristas have aligned themselves to the Marxist party Perú Libre and its presidential candidate Pedro Castillo since at least 2021.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Humala, Ollanta (2009). De Locumba A Candidato A La Presidencia en Perú. México: Ocean Sur. pp. 39–41. ISBN 978-1-921438-43-1.
  2. ^ Humala Tasso, Antauro (2011). Etnocacerismo: Izquierdazo y Globalidad (Visión Etnocacerista). Lima, Peru: Ediciones Antaurpi.
  3. ^ Saldaña Ludeña, Pedro (2007). Conversaciones con Antauro Humala. Lima, Peru. p. 206. ISBN 978-9972-33-534-1.

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