NCJ Number
30407
Journal
CONFLICT STUDIES Issue: 8 Dated: (OCTOBER 1970) Pages: 4-15
Date Published
1970
Length
12 pages
Annotation
THE FAILURE OF THE GUEVARIST STRATEGY OF RURAL GUERRILLA WARFARE IS ANALYZED ALONG WITH THE SHIFT OF GUERRILLA GROUPS TO THE LATIN AMERICAN CITIES.
Abstract
ALSO EXAMINED IS THE URBAN GUERRILLA STRATEGY OF MILITARIZATION - PLACING THE GOVERNMENT ON THE DEFENSIVE, CREATING A GENERAL SENSE OF INSECURITY, AND ISOLATING THE REGIME FROM THE PEOPLE BY FORCING IT TO RESORT TO COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE REPRESSION. THREE LATIN AMERICAN EXAMPLES OF URBAN GUERRILLAS IN ACTION ARE SINGLED OUT FOR STUDY: GUATEMALA, WHERE THE GROWTH OF URBAN TERRORISM WAS DIRECT RESULT OF THE GUERRILLAS' FAILURE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE; BRAZIL, WHERE THE URBAN GUERRILLAS HAVE SCORED SOME NOTABLE SUCCESSES AND HAVE ELABORATED A THEORY OF REVOLUTION; AND URUGUAY, WHERE THE EXTREMISTS HAVE HELPED TO UNDERMINE THE LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES OF ONE OF THE CONTINENT'S MOST DURABLE DEMOCRACIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)