1 a) How did the Tupamaros affect revolution worldwide?
The Tupamaros challenged their country’s dictatorship by presenting successful revolutionaries, which made them win a lot of Uruguayan people. The Tupamaros had a more staying power and perceived success due to its government’s lack of ability to repress Uruguayan citizens.
- b) If the Tupamaros were so influential, then why did they ultimately fail in their own quest?
Tupamaros failed because of the military’s attack, which caused a terrifying opponent, lack of help from the rural peasantry, a crease in laziness in security measures, and tight government repressive actions.
- c) What are the major issues surrounding Naxalite terrorism?
The major issue of Naxalite terrorism is the formation of the CPI-Maoists, a rebel group of the Peoples War Group and the Maoist Communist Centre.
- d) How does this compare to the issues that gave rise to the Tupamaros
The issues that gave rise to Tupamaros were the government trade instability that led to the attack of trade unions and people’s poor socioeconomic status in a rural area. Both the Naxalite terrorism and Tupamaros terrorism involves two parties.
- e) Julie Mazzei argues that the conditions giving rise to death squads develop when several factors come together to form a favorable environment. What are these factors? Do you agree or disagree with her argument?
The factors that result in the development of death squads are;
- Existence of a reform movement that has an interest in breaking the present power structure and redistributing wealth
- Presence of political elites who are more interested in maintaining the societal structure
- Presence of rift between hard-liners and moderate political elites
I agree with Julie’s argument because it is not easy to change one government’s power to the next. And the political elites do not want to welcome reforms from other different reforms movement.
Reference
Jones, S. G., & Libicki, M. C. (2008). How terrorist groups end: Lessons for countering al Qa’ida (Vol. 741). Rand Corporation.