(disclaimer: Although i have lurked for some time now I'm a total N00b, and this is my first post. Be gentle. If i have broken some kind of forum etiquette by not introducing myself first i apologise.)
(other disclaimer: I'm not some kind of 'El Che' fanboy, Ernesto Guevara killed a whole bunch of people and could have killed a lot more given the chance, this makes him a bad man.)
WI the guerrilla foco which Guevara sent to Argentina under Jorge Ricardo Masetti in 1963 was more successful? OTL Masetti was a rabid Anti-Semite and an awful guerrilla leader and his group, the EGP, was hunted down and destroyed in short order by Argentine gendarmes, also the Argentine Military leadership's decision to hold elections and the surprise victory of the centrist Dr. Arturo Illia. took the wind out of the sails of less radical prospective revolutionaries.
Say that the military candidate, Gen. Aramburu, wins these elections, inflaming the opinions of the moderate leftists and the Peronistas and, given that Massetti has more luck, there are numerous armed revolutionary groups of Guevarists and Radical Peronistas operating in the far north-west of Argentina by mid 1964.
When will Guevara himself choose to step in to lead the revolution?
What will the reactions of the Argentine Military be?
Would the USA intervene?
(one more disclaimer: I am by no means an expert, or even decently informed, on the political history of Argentina, so if an Argentine or just someone with a better working knowledge than me spots any ignorant/insulting/just plain stupid mistake feel free to have me hung, drawn and set on fire. )
(other disclaimer: I'm not some kind of 'El Che' fanboy, Ernesto Guevara killed a whole bunch of people and could have killed a lot more given the chance, this makes him a bad man.)
WI the guerrilla foco which Guevara sent to Argentina under Jorge Ricardo Masetti in 1963 was more successful? OTL Masetti was a rabid Anti-Semite and an awful guerrilla leader and his group, the EGP, was hunted down and destroyed in short order by Argentine gendarmes, also the Argentine Military leadership's decision to hold elections and the surprise victory of the centrist Dr. Arturo Illia. took the wind out of the sails of less radical prospective revolutionaries.
Say that the military candidate, Gen. Aramburu, wins these elections, inflaming the opinions of the moderate leftists and the Peronistas and, given that Massetti has more luck, there are numerous armed revolutionary groups of Guevarists and Radical Peronistas operating in the far north-west of Argentina by mid 1964.
When will Guevara himself choose to step in to lead the revolution?
What will the reactions of the Argentine Military be?
Would the USA intervene?
(one more disclaimer: I am by no means an expert, or even decently informed, on the political history of Argentina, so if an Argentine or just someone with a better working knowledge than me spots any ignorant/insulting/just plain stupid mistake feel free to have me hung, drawn and set on fire. )