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Terrorism in South America? The Case of “Alfaro Vive Carajoâ€
ISSN: 2178 - 8839
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Terrorism in South America? The Case of “Alfaro Vive Carajoâ€
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ICC-0202
Publisher: Conjuntura Austral: Journal Of The Global South Internatio..
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IAA.ZONE/217847428839
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Abstract
Terrorism today is on the agenda worldwide. Its political nature has prevented consensus among the different actors within international organizations, hindering a solution that enjoys global acceptance, hence in the field of security poses a threat to states. South America was influenced by the Cuban revolution in 1959, with a wave of armed groups appearing in the 60s, which acted according to regional and global trends. This article links these groups using David Rappoport´s classification of Terrorism and aims to show the existence of two periods within the "third wave" of this classification. A first period of subversion that had more characteristics of rural insurgency, and a second period, known as the urban insurgency, with more features of terrorism. This work begins with a conceptual analysis of terrorism, followed by a study of the performance of groups framed within the non-governmental terrorism in South America and final...
