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This book is a reference work in the study of the Latin American guerrilla phenomena of the second half of the 20th century. Drawing on both archival research and interviews and using a consistent framework, the volume examines nearly 30 guerrilla groups, allowing for a comprehensive characterization of the groups' ideological and organizational features, as well as their respective contexts. After two introductory chapters, the following 16 chapters identify the guerrilla groups most important to the highlighted country, address the cycle of violence and relationships with other guerrilla groups in the region, and discuss the state s response. The last four chapters analyze two formal attempts at collaboration between guerrillas and two examples of counterinsurgency-oriented response and collaboration.
The contributions analyze diverse types of violence and state responses, but they all highlight a commonality: despite the camaraderie and formal solidarity of the guerrilla projects, state logics of action prevailed in both the guerrillas' and the states' responses. The volume also highlights collaborations, both at the guerrilla and counterinsurgent levels. All chapters address transnational elements affecting both guerrillas and state actors, focusing especially on the America Battalion, the Revolutionary Coordination Junta, National Security Doctrine and the Condor Plan. The chapters draw on primary sources from archives as well as interviews with members of the Sendero Luminoso, FARC-EP, ELN, Alfaro Vive Carajo, and Tupamaros.
List of contents
Introduction.- The Revolutionary Wave in Latin America (1959-1989).- Y en eso llegó Fidel. The continental vocation of the Cuban revolutionary ideal.- Guatemala. Guateamalan National Revolutionary Unity.- El Salvador. Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation.- Nicaragua. Sandinista National Liberation Front.- Honduras. Popular Revolutionary Forces Lorenzo Zelaya.- Venezuela. Armed Forces of National Liberation.- Colombia. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army.- Colombia. National Liberation Army.- Peru. Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path.- Peru. Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement.- Ecuador. Alfaro Vive ¡Carajo!.- Bolivia. National Liberation Army.- Brazil. National Liberation Action, Revolutionary People's Vanguard and the Guerrilla of Araguaia.- Paraguay. 14th of May Movement, United Front for National Liberation and Political Military Organization.- Argentina. Montoneros.- Chile. Revolutionary Left Movement.- Uruguay. National Liberation Movement - Tupamaros.- Guerrilla, Armed Forces and de Failure of Juan María Bordaberry (1972.1976).- Revolutionary Coordination Junta.- America Battalion.- National Security Doctrine and Operation Condor.
About the author
Jerónimo Ríos holds a PhD in Political Science and a PhD in History (in both cases, extraordinary doctorate award). He has been studying the phenomenon of political violence in Ibero-America for 15 years. He has published more than 100 academic articles (70 of which are indexed in Scopus) and has participated in 40 collective books, in addition to having directed 16 monographs. In Google Scholar his works have obtained +2000 citations. He has lived for a decade in Latin America, where he was a professor and researcher at different universities in Colombia, Peru and Uruguay, besides being an advisor to the Organization of Ibero-American States during the process of dialogue and implementation of the Peace Agreement with the FARC-EP (2012-2018).His main lines of research are political violence and peace building in Ibero-America, having published his work in journals such as Geopolitics, Rationality and Society, Critical Studies on Security, Critical Military Studies, Small Wars and Insurgencies, Journal of Strategic Security, Latin American Perspectives, Peace Review, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism, Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research or Bulletin of Spanish Studies. Mariano García de las Heras is a historian and political scientist, PhD in Political Science and International Relations at the Complutense University of Madrid with a contract granted by the Ministry of Education of the Spanish Government. Researcher in the Espacio y Poder group of the Department of History, Theories and Political Geography in the Faculty of Political Science and he has been involved in different projects funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Universities. He has lectured at various national and international conferences, and his publications focus on his research topics related to political violence, geopolitics and border studies. He is a contributor to the pair peer review for several journals and, since 2019, he is the Editorial Secretary of the Geopolítica(s).
Summary
This book is a reference work in the study of the Latin American guerrilla phenomena of the second half of the 20th century. Drawing on both archival research and interviews and using a consistent framework, the volume examines nearly 30 guerrilla groups, allowing for a comprehensive characterization of the groups' ideological and organizational features, as well as their respective contexts. After two introductory chapters, the following 16 chapters identify the guerrilla groups most important to the highlighted country, address the cycle of violence and relationships with other guerrilla groups in the region, and discuss the state’s response. The last four chapters analyze two formal attempts at collaboration between guerrillas and two examples of counterinsurgency-oriented response and collaboration.
The contributions analyze diverse types of violence and state responses, but they all highlight a commonality: despite the camaraderie and formal solidarity of the guerrilla projects, state logics of action prevailed in both the guerrillas' and the states' responses. The volume also highlights collaborations, both at the guerrilla and counterinsurgent levels. All chapters address transnational elements affecting both guerrillas and state actors, focusing especially on the America Battalion, the Revolutionary Coordination Junta, National Security Doctrine and the Condor Plan. The chapters draw on primary sources from archives as well as interviews with members of the Sendero Luminoso, FARC-EP, ELN, Alfaro Vive Carajo, and Tupamaros.
