Augusta Deyanira La Torre Carrasco (29 August 1946 – 14 November 1988), also known as Comrade Norah, was a Peruvian communist, recognized as the number two in command of Shining Path.

La Torre's influence on her husband, Shining Path founder Abimael Guzmán, is credited with establishing equality for women with regard to participation within the revolutionary organization, and during its militant actions.

[1] Augusta La Torre was born in Huanta in 1946 into a land-owning family with a prominent political lineage,[2] later leaving to study in Ayacucho as a teen.

Guzman was a regular guest to their home in Ayacucho, meeting with La Torre's father to discuss politics.

[5][7] On the 24th December 1980, the Inicio de la Lucha Armada, she led the first attack of the Shining Path on a small farm, Hacienda San Agustín de Ayzarca, which culminated on the torture and murder of the farm manager, Benigno Medina and a 19 year old worker named Ricardo Lizarbe.