Overcoming tragic pasts: diverse mechanisms for the promotion of peace and reconciliation in post-dictatorial regimes in Latin America

Definitions of Peace and Reconciliation in Latin America

International Handbook of Peace and Reconciliation ◽

10.1007/978-1-4614-5933-0_8 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 99-106

Author(s):

Eros DeSouza ◽

Tristyn Campbell ◽

Rodrigo Barahona ◽

Luciana Karine de Souza ◽

Sherri McCarthy ◽

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Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Peace And Reconciliation

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The Genesis and Internal Dynamics of El Salvador's People's Revolutionary Army, 1970–1976

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x13009850 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 38 (01) ◽

pp. 102-129

Author(s):

ALBERTO MARTÍN ÁLVAREZ ◽

EUDALD CORTINA ORERO

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

El Salvador ◽

Early Years ◽

Left Wing ◽

Internal Dynamics ◽

Internal Coherence ◽

The 1960S

AbstractUsing interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador during the early years of its existence (1970–6). This period was marked by the inability of the ERP to maintain internal coherence or any consensus on revolutionary strategy, which led to a series of splits and internal fights over control of the organisation. The evidence marshalled in this case study sheds new light on the origins of the armed Salvadorean Left and thus contributes to a wider understanding of the processes of formation and internal dynamics of armed left-wing groups that emerged from the 1960s onwards in Latin America.

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