The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the impact of Soviet perestroika and foreign policy "new thinking" on the Revolutionary Left in Cuba, Nicaragua and El Salvador. Chapters on each of these nations examine the response of the Cuban Communist Party, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), and the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), respectively, to the changes in the Soviet Union and the socialist world. Moreover, the question of what the "demise of communism" means for these actors is addressed in detail. The concluding chapter widens the discussion by asking if Soviet perestroika and the momentous changes it has ushered in signal the decline of the "revolutionary paradigm" in Latin America.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UMASS/oai:scholarworks.umass.edu:dissertations-8219 |
| Date | 01 January 1991 |
| Creators | Pelletier, Stephen Raymond |
| Publisher | ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst |
| Source Sets | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest |
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