La cultura de la revolución en los Andes: aproximación a las relaciones trasnacionales entre el M-19 y AVC en la década de 1980

Abstract

The article addresses the emergence and evolution of cross-border rela-tions between two guerrilla movements in the Andean area of 1980s: the Colombian Movimiento 19 de Abril (M-19) and the Ecuadorean Alfaro Vive Carajo (AVC). Based on the triangulation of interviews, testimonies of former militants and secondary sources, it traces the process by which these relations emerged from previous links made by M-19 leaders in Ecuador, the establishment of a transnational clandestine network of Ecuadorian militants, its contribution to foundation of AVC and the consolidation of cross-border links between the two organizations. Furthermore, the article examines the evolution of these relations through the exchange of resources and militants, military formation in Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya, and the coordination of joint actions in Ecuador until the establishment of the transnational guerrilla coalition known as Batallón América and its effects on the ties between both insurgent movements.