Guerrillas in Argentina. A history of four decades (1950-1980)

CONFINO, HERNÁN Y MARINA FRANCO

Latin American Guerrilla Movements

Routledge

Año: 2019; p. 125 - 134

The history of armed organisations in Argentina encompasses four crucial decades in the twentieth century. Guerrilla groups were part of this period of extreme political turmoil, as well as its main victims. Interpretations of both guerrilla and armed violence in Argentina are controversial issues, and objects of contention still present in the public sphere and state policies to date.The subject of armed groups in Argentina is multi-faceted and complex, partly because of the diversity of groups and ideological constellations involved, the way the respective paths intertwined with national and regional history and, finally, because of the tragic closure of this political cycle with state terrorism (1975-1983).A series of factors should be considered in order to understand the phenomenon of armed organisations in Argentina. Their history can be explained through a dense network of political, cultural, social and ideological processes, both regional (Latin America) and national.