Youth School 2005

Strategies for taking power in Latin America

Willem — 24/8/05

 

Why Latin America?

What is strategy?.

 

1. Cuba 1958

a. programme

b. lessons

·          Armed struggle

Mystification and reality

'Foquismo'

 

2. Chile 1969-1973

Problem of armed struggle — posed in a different way

·          Failure of the 'peaceful road to socialism'

·          Failure of foquismo

 

3. Nicaragua 1979

Beyond foquismo

Combined strategy

A new state

Who was in power?

End of a period

Strategic framework

A new century, a changed situation

 

4. Zapatistas

Influence, inspiration and power

 

5. Venezuela

Elections and state power: what is the perspective?

 

6. Brazil

The PT, a party of a new type.

Participation in the government

The dilemma

 

Conclusions