Abstract

VELIZ, Rodrigo  and  LOESENER, Johann. “Muy parecido al infierno”: The Circumstances Surrounding the 1968 Student Movement in Guatemala. Latinoamérica [online]. 2022, n.75, pp.65-92.  Epub Nov 22, 2022. ISSN 2448-6914.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cialc.24486914e.2022.75.57449.

This article examines the main activities of the Guatemalan student movement in 1968. It seeks to understand the reasons why in that year there were no large mobilizations in tune with what was happening in other Latin American and world cities. It demonstrates that this was due to the context of violence that the country was going through, derived in part from the strong student presence in national politics since the beginning of the decade. It shows its agitated union life and the different factions that made it up, its presence in regional networks and armed organizations, and its anti-imperialist actions promoting university reforms that year. The article is framed within recent debates on the nuances of student movements in the Latin American Cold War. It is based on archives of the Asociación de Estudiantes Universitarios and the University Superior Council, complemented with interviews, newspaper archives, political brochures and declassified State Department and Mexican documents.

Keywords : Student Movement; Cold War; 1968; Political violence; New Left.

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