Guatemala: balance thirty-five years of armed struggle

Abstract

The author's analysis reveals the complexity of the insurgent political military struggle that begun in Guatemala after the counter-revolutionary military regime of 1954. This study examines the strategy of the revolutionary organizations and their confrontation with the policies of the military state. Figueroa Ibarra underlines the role these struggles have played in the transformation of the military dictatorships, and in the political negotiations between the guerrilla movements and the new civil state. Besides highlighting the political successes of the negotiations, the author concludes that a revolution is unfeasible.