Ambitionz Az A Ridah: The Origins, Objectives, and Doctrine of the Tupac Amarú Revolutionary Movement

OverviewCommonly known as the MRTAActive from 1982-1997PeruvianWanted to reform the government and society, expose corrupt officials, and create a new political party

OriginsFounded by Nestor Cerpa, Victor Polay, and Miguel Rincon

Students at University Became disgruntled with the corrupt government

ObjectivesExpose corrupt government officialsReform the government

Create a new societyCreate a new political party

Doctrine Wrote a manifesto in 1983, outlining their main

principles and beliefs Believed in leftist, Marxist, and anti-imperialist

ideologies Ideas were similar to those of Cuban revolutionaries Wanted to abolish the current political and economic

institutions Tried to use nonviolent methods in achieving their

goals