The Final Battle of Latin American Revolution. Southern Cone Militants in Peronist Argentina (1973-1976)

Abstract

My paper delves into the establishment and development of the Junta de Coordinación Revolucionaria, a coordinating body formed by members of Uruguay´s MLNT (Tupamaros National Liberation Movement, or MLN-T), Chile’s MIR (Revolutionary Left Movement, or MIR), Bolivia’s ELN (Bolivian National Liberation Army, or ELN), and Argentina’s ERP (People’s Revolutionary Army), whose actions were carried out from 1973 to 1976 in the still-democratic Argentina. It was during this period that these organizations relied more heavily on military action due to the impossibility of political activities caused by the brutal repression of Chilean, Uruguayan, and Bolivian activists in their respective countries. This process occurred under a framework of complete transnationalization of Southern Cone politics, where various actors, ranging from the military to guerrillas, viewed the region as a whole and devised joint actions that transcended national boundaries.