ABSTRACT
This chapter sketches the evolution of the Cuban liaison institutions with the Latin American guerrilla movements. It follows Cuba's period of revolutionary fervor and the early expeditions or intents to follow the Cuban model of armed insurgency. Then the chapter reviews shortly Cuba's relations with the guerrilla movements with more significance: in Guatemala, Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay, and Colombia. It analyzes a Che Guevara's continental project in Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia as a whole. In terms of strict Marxism-Leninism, the unity of the Proletariat and Peasantry under the guidance of the Vanguard Party is a kind of dogma. Interesting enough, the Cuban Revolution was rather an exception with a prominent student and youth participation. In the 1970s and 1980s, support for the existing guerrilla movements was restructured in "humanitarian assistance", although sometimes widely interpreted. Support for Central America was significant. Training and assistance were professionalized; the emphasis on forging organizational unity and on matters of military operations grew.
