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Argentina experienced three failed attempts at rural guerrilla warfare between 1959 and 1969. At that point, the insurgents decided in favor of urban guerilla warfare. It seemed obvious that they would be safer and more relevant in crowded cities than in isolated rural areas.

Argentina experienced three failed attempts at rural guerrilla warfare between 1959 and 1969. At that point, the insurgents decided in favor of urban guerilla warfare. It seemed obvious that they would be safer and more relevant in crowded cities than in isolated rural areas.

Between the ousting of president Juan Domingo Perón in 1955 and his return from exile in 1973, a number of urban left-wing guerrilla organizations emerged. Six major groups - two Marxist-Maoist- Guevarrist-oriented, and four populist-socialist Peronist-oriented - eventually disbanded or joined the Marxist ERP or the Peronist Montoneros. The Montoneros became the largest and most active of the two revolutionary movements and fought alongside the ERP in Tucumán province.

Between the ousting of president Juan Domingo Perón in 1955 and his return from exile in 1973, a number of urban left-wing guerrilla organizations emerged. Six major groups - two Marxist-Maoist- Guevarrist-oriented, and four populist-socialist Peronist-oriented - eventually disbanded or joined the Marxist People's Revolutionary Army (ERP) or the Peronist Montoneros. The Montoneros became the largest and most active of the two revolutionary movements in the major cities and fought alongside the ERP in Tucumán province.

 

===Cuban involvement===

===Cuban involvement===

During the height of Argentine left-wing terrorism, the Cubans used their embassy in Buenos Aires to maintain direct contact with Argentine guerrillas. In 1973, the Montoneros merged with the Cuban-backed Armed Revolutionary Forces (''Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias'' or FAR) that in 1972 had planted a bomb in the Sheraton hotel in Buenos Aires that killed a Canadian tourist. On February 13th 1974, a clandestine meeting was held in Mendoza, Argentina, and the Junta of Revolutionary Coordination (''Junta de Coordinacion Revolucionaria'' or JCR) was formed. The JCR consisted of four guerrilla groups: the Uruguayan Tupamaros (MLN-T), the Chilean Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR) and the Bolivian Revolutionary Army (ELN). The ERP guerrillas set up a guerrilla warfare training school, an arms factory, and a false documentation center in Argentina. These were all shut down in 1975 by Argentinian security forces. In 1976, ERP guerrillas started receiving training in Cuba on an 1800 hectare (7 square miles) estate near Guanabo as well as at another site in Pinar del Rio.

During the height of Argentine left-wing terrorism, the Cubans used their embassy in Buenos Aires to maintain direct contact with Argentine guerrillas. In 1973, the Montoneros merged with the Cuban-backed Armed Revolutionary Forces (''Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias'' or FAR) that in 1972 had planted a bomb in the Sheraton hotel in Buenos Aires that killed a Canadian tourist. On February 13th 1974, a clandestine meeting was held in Mendoza, Argentina, and the Junta of Revolutionary Coordination (''Junta de Coordinacion Revolucionaria'' or JCR) was formed. The JCR consisted of four guerrilla groups: the Uruguayan Tupamaros (MLN-T), the Chilean Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR) and the Bolivian Revolutionary Army (ELN). The ERP guerrillas set up a guerrilla warfare training school, an arms factory, and a false documentation center in Argentina. These were all shut down in 1975 by Argentinian security forces. In 1976, ERP guerrillas started receiving training in Cuba on an 1800 hectare (7 square miles) estate near Guanabo as well as at another site in Pinar del Rio.

In July 2008, [[Fidel Castro]] admitted that he backed left-wing activists and guerrilla forces in Argentina in order to start an armed revolution: ''"The only place where we didn't promote a revolution was in Mexico. In the rest (of Latin America) we tried, without exception."''<ref>[https://www.pagina12.com.ar/1998/98-07/98-07-04/pag18.htm "Intentamos exportar la revolución a Latinoamérica", reconoció Fidel]</ref>  

In July 2008, [[Fidel Castro]] admitted that he backed left-wing activists and guerrilla forces in Argentina in order to start an armed revolution: ''"The only place where we didn't promote a revolution was in Mexico. In the rest (of Latin America) we tried, without exception."''<ref>[https://www.pagina12.com.ar/1998/98-07/98-07-04/pag18.htm "Intentamos exportar la revolución a Latinoamérica", reconoció Fidel]</ref>

==Rural guerrilla warfare==

==Rural guerrilla warfare==