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

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ID3535985
AutoresAlberto Martín Álvarez (0000-0002-2492-932X), Eudald Cortina Orero (0000-0002-1405-8188, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
Año2014
Volumen46
Número4
Páginas663-689
Fecha de publicación2014-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x14001084
OpenAlexW2113707379
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas14

Using interviews with former militants and previously unpublished documents, this article traces the genesis and internal dynamics of the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP) in El Salvador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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