Committee for Peasant Unity
In the aftermath of the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état, a series of leftist insurgencies began in the Guatemalan countryside, against the United States supported military governments of the country. A prominent guerrilla group among these insurgents was the Rebel Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes, FAR).[1] The FAR was largely crushed by a counter-insurgency campaign carried out by the Guatemalan government with the help of the U.S. in the late 1960s.[1] Those of the FAR's leadership that had survived this campaign came together to form the EGP in Mexico City in the 1970s.[1] The Committee for Peasant Unity (Spanish: Comité de Unidad Campesina, CUC) was launched on 15 April 1978, and was described by its founder Pablo Ceto as a convergence of the leftist insurgency, and the indigenous peoples' movements.[2] Though it had close ties to the EGP, and was used by the EGP to mobilize supporters, it was a distinct organization.[3] In early 1980, a strike led by the CUC forced the Guatemalan government to raise minimum wages by 200 percent. In response, the government intensified its persecution of its critics, culminating in the Burning of the Spanish Embassy by police forces.[4]
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c McAllister 2010, p. 280.
- ^ McAllister 2010, p. 279.
- ^ McAllister 2010, pp. 279, 283.
- ^ McAllister 2010, pp. 288–289.
- Sources
- Esparza, Marcia; Huttenbach, Henry R.; Feierstein, Daniel (2009). "State Violence and Genocide in Latin America: The Cold War Years". Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies. Routledge. ISBN 9781135244958.
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- McAllister, Carlota (2010). "A Headlong Rush into the Future". In Grandin, Greg; Joseph, Gilbert (eds.). A Century of Revolution. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. pp. 276–309.
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