From Cuba to Bolivia: Guevara’s Foco Theory in Practice

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dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Joshua
dc.contributor.editorFitzsimmons, Scott
dc.contributor.editorSingh, Anita
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-18T19:44:35Z
dc.date.available2020-12-18T19:44:35Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractIn order to account for Ernesto Guevara’s dramatic swing of fate from Cuba to Bolivia, it is necessary to explore his revolutionary theory developed in response to his experiences in the 1959 Cuban revolution. His foco theory, which places a high degree of primacy on the guerrilla band in creating the conditions for revolution, is starkly contrasted by an historical analysis of the Cuban revolution, where economic, social, and nationalistic forces combined to the benefit of Guevara and Castro. Exploring the political climate of Bolivia at the time of Guevara’s attempted insurrection, it becomes apparent that none of these forces were present for the exploitation of the guerrillas, which ultimately doomed the revolution and Guevara himself. Both the Cuban and Bolivian cases show the significance of socio-political factors in determining the success of an insurrection, and put the validity of Guevara’s foco theory into question.
dc.identifier.issn1480-6339
dc.identifier.issn1480-6373
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/112872
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38467
dc.publisher.departmentPolitical Science
dc.publisher.facultyArts
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgary
dc.rights© Innovations: A Journal of Politics 1998-2035
dc.titleFrom Cuba to Bolivia: Guevara’s Foco Theory in Practice
dc.typejournal article
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