10B—History of Latin America
Guerrilla Movements
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I. Cuba as inspiration

“For the first time we thought that revolution was something possible in our countries. Until then the idea of the revolution was romantic and remote to us, something we took more as an academic idea that could never become a reality in countries like ours.”

Mario Vargas Llosa

II. Guerrilla movements in LA:

Rural movements:
--Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Regis Debray
--focos
--Bolivia 1967-68
--Central America, 1960s-80s

Urban movements
-- Uruguay : Tupamaros, to 1974
--Argentina: Peronist Armed Forces (1950s-70s) and Montoneros (1970s)