Latin America Revolutions: Research Sites/ Secondary Sources

Created and Maintained by Richard W. Slatta

Students: Use the links below to research thought questions and other projects for your history courses. Your syllabus will include references to the topics listed below. I have marked particularly important finding aides with two asterisks. Please email me if you find other good research links or "broken links" that no longer function. Gracias. Suerte! [Good luck!]
Updated 17-Jun-2006
  • Concepts and Issues in Analyzing Revolutions
    PDF of a Powerpoint presentation
  • Primary Sources (Documents) on Latin American Revolutions
      • Latin American Revolutions, 20th Century
    1. Internet Resources on Latin American Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements
    2. For insights on the causes of revolutions, see links on human rights abuses in Latin America
    3. Latin American Newspapers Online For current events reports

      4. Mexican Revolution
    4. Women and the Mexican Revolution
    5. Political Causes of the Mexican Revolution
    6. Brief Biography of Emiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolutionary
    7. Brief Biographies of Many Leaders of the Mexican Revolution
    8. Many links to biographies (Madero, Villa, Zapata) and background historical information on the Mexican Revolution.

      The Mexican Revolution Renewed: Zapatistsa in Chiapas, 1992-
    9. Zapatistas in Cyberspace by Harry Cleaver at UT-Austin A very comprehensive website with analysis and links.
    10. 1995 Essay by Molly Malloy that documents the earliest activity on the net during the rebellion in Chiapas
    11. The Chiapas Rebellion
    12. Introduction to Mexico and the Zapatistas
    13. The Struggles of Civil Society in Mexico: Zapatistas
    14. The Deadly Standoff" by Garance Burke FRONTLINE/World Fellow traveled through Chiapas, southern Mexico, in spring 2003 to better understand how the once-hot Zapatista rebellion had cooled into a still-dangerous but largely ignored armed standoff. See timeline.

      15. Revolution in Bolivia MNR (Movimiento National Revolutionario), 1952-1964
    15. The rise of new political groups in Bolivia
    16. Prelude to Revolution: The "Sexenio," 1946-52 [Six Years]
    17. The Bolivian National Revolution, 1952-64
    18. The Unfinished Revolution
    19. The Destruction and Reconstruction of the Bolivian Armed Forces, 1952-66

      Castro and the Cuban Revolution, 1959-
    20. Collected speeches and writings of Fidel Castro
    21. Hennessy Collection on Cuba at the University of Wolverhampton bibliographical search engine of some 1400 items
    22. The Cuban Revolution of 1959 Biographies, Timeline, Documents, very complete
    23. Fidel Castro
    24. The Cuban Revolution (1952-1958)
    25. Cuban Revolution
    26. See also US-Latin American Relations Check under Cold War: Cuban Missle Crisis

      Che Guevera (in Cuba and in Bolivia)
    27. Che Lives! Biographical Information; documents
    28. Collected Speeches and Writings of Che Guevara
    29. Brief Biography of Guevara, Argentine Marxist revolutionary and guerrilla leader
    30. Che Guevra's Writings, Selections Includes "Socialism and Man in Cuba," "Message to the Tricontinental," "The United Nations Speech, Dec. 11, 1964." Links to ""Guerrilla Warfare: A Method, "Camilo," and "Che's Letter to Fidel" do not function.
    31. Manual of Guerrilla Warfare
    32. Guevara Site with Archive: biography, speeches, writings
    33. Che Guevara Information Archive
    34. Site dedicted to "El Comandante" Che Guevara
    35. Bones of Cuban activist 'Che' Guevara to get hero's burial, 11 Oct 1997
    36. National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 5 : The Death of Che Guevara: Declassifiedby Peter Kornbluh

      Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua, FSLN (1979-90)
    37. The Sandinista Revolution
    38. Sandinistas in Power and at War with the US, 1979-90
    39. The Sandinista Era, 1979-90
    40. The Sandinista Revolution encounters Mosquito Indians on the Caribbean Coast
    41. Sandinista People's Army 1979-90

      Revolution in El Salvador, FMLN (1979-1990)
    42. Schafik Handal: A Revolutionary Life in El Salvador by Lara Pullin
    43. The Road to Revolt: The 1970s
    44. The Failed Reformist Coup of 1979
    45. The Civil Conflict Begins, Early 1980s
    46. The Fictive "Democratic Process," mid-1980s
    47. Military Repression, 1931-84
    48. The Military under Civilian Rule, 1984-88

      Revolution in Peru: Shining Path and MRTA, Sendero Luminoso, Presidente Gonzalo (Peru, 1980-1994)
    49. Socioeconomic Background to Rural Revolts
    50. Guerrilla Activity in the 1960s
    51. Insurgencies of the 1980s
    52. Shining Path and its Impact in Peru
    53. Shining Path's Political Impact in Peru, 1980-85
    54. The People's War in Perú People's Communist Party of Peru (Shining Path)
    55. Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) - Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru
    56. MRTA Goals, Strategies, and History From this page select MRTA Solidarity Page

      Urban Guerrilla Warfare/Southern Cone
    57. The Urban Guerrilla in Latin America by Dr. Charles A. Russell and Major Robert E. Hildner
    58. Jorge Ricardo Masetti and revolutionary journalism by Frank González [Masetti died in 1964 working on behalf of a failed revolutionary attempt in northern Argentina.]

      Revolutionaries and Drug Trafficking in Colombia
    59. Drugs and Society in Colombia
    60. Narcotics Control and Interdiction in Colombia

      Liberation Theology, "the Church of the Poor" or Religious Underpinnings of Latin American Revolutions
    61. Liberation Theology Jean B. Michel, SUNY, Stony Brook
    62. Liberation Theology and Land Reform, from the Henry George Institute
    63. BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS: FATHER OF LIBERATION THEOLOGY (1474 - 1566)
    64. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PEOPLES (Populorum Progressio) Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Pope Paul VI promulgated on March 26, 1967 One of the basic documents of Liberation Theology
    65. Further Online Links to Liberation Theology
    66. Life and Words of Archbishop Oscar Romero El Salvador's bishop, murdered by right-wingers (supported by the Reagan administration) as he celebrated mass
    67. 'The Revolution and the Virgin Mary: Popular Religion and Social Change in Nicaragua'
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