Word: guerrilla
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rescue and start a Southeast Asian war. But even without overt aggression, Boun Oum and Phoumi faced bitter days ahead. Though Phoumi declared that all he wanted was "a neutral Laos," the Communists were smarting for revenge, and from the Pathet Lao came an order of the day: "Develop guerrilla warfare powerfully. Destroy supply lines, communications and transport...
...Myth. Although he tentatively accepted the U.S. offer, President Victor Paz Estenssoro still planned to send a mission to Moscow. Like many Latin American leaders, he must thread a delicate political path between right and left inside his country. There is already what amounts to open guerrilla warfare in the lush Cochabamba Valley only 140 miles from La Paz. A month ago a Communist-led band descended upon anti-Communists in the town of Cliza and touched off a four-day battle that left 100 dead. On the second day U.S. Ambassador (and former Math Professor) Carl Strom was heckled...
...politically reliable young men can sometimes sign up with a resistance group, or go off to a crude camp in the boondocks, where they learn guerrilla warfare. Only two of the 50 or so exile groups in Miami have much organization. The Democratic Revolutionary Front, a five-group coalition coordinated by ex-Premier Manuel ("Tony") Varona, 51, has a big brick building and the best financing; the Revolutionary Movement of the People (M.R.P.), headed by Engineer Manuel Ray, 37, has less money but is believed to operate the most effective underground inside Cuba. Both make only the smallest dent...
Lords of Upheaval. Called Viotá and Sumapaz, the two Red enclaves of backlands Bolshevism in Colombia have been in existence for years, making trouble for democracy in Latin America long before anyone heard of Fidel Castro. The rugged, roadless terrain offers little hindrance to guerrilla movements, while effectively blunting any military reprisal or concerted government program of building and social reform that might dilute Communist influence on the peasantry...
Symptom of Ills. Colombia's President Alberto Lleras Camargo, who wants to eradicate the Communist enclaves and push through roads and reform, has had little success so far. Neither the Colombian army, which fought well in Korea but has little taste for guerrilla warfare, nor the bureaucrats show much initiative...