NCJ Number
32202
Date Published
1974
Length
171 pages
Annotation
THIS ACCOUNT OF THE URUGUAYAN URBAN GUERRILLA GROUP, THE TUPAMAROS, EXPLAINS THE GROUP'S ORIGINS, MEMBERSHIP, PHILOSOPHY, AND ACTIONS.
Abstract
THE BOOK WAS ASSEMBLED BY TAPAMAROS' COMRADE, MAJOR CARLOS WILSON, WHO HAS PROVIDED THE WORDS OF THE TUPAMAROS' THEMSELVES - COMMUNIQUES, INTERVIEWS, TRANSCRIPTIONS OF DEATH SQUAD MEMBER TRIALS - TO DESCRIBE THEIR PHILOSOPHY AND STRATEGY OF URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT THE TUPAMAROS SEE THEIR ADVERSARIES AS THE GOVERNMENT, THE PRESS, BUSINESS, ALL FACETS OF SOCIETY WHICH HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND INCLINATION TO OPPRESS THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, WHOSE FINANCIAL AND MORAL SUPPORT OF CORRUPT REGIMES, THE AUTHOR CLAIMS, AIDS AND ABETS THE REPRESSION OF THE PEOPLE OF URUGUAY. THE TUPAMAROS ARE DEDICATED TO BUILDING A SOCIALIST MOVEMENT IN LATIN AMERICA. THE AUTHOR DETAILS HOW THEIR CONTROVERSIAL TACTICS, INCLUDING BANK ROBBERIES, KIDNAPPINGS, AND SABOTAGE OF GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS, HAVE BROUGHT THEM INTO CONFLICT NOT ONLY WITH THE POLICE AND MILITARY OF THEIR OWN COUNTRY BUT WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF UNITED STATES AGENCIES AS WELL. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)