To Fight Soviet Agents in the Fatherland: Anti-Communism in Ayacucho's APRA, 1945-48

Authors

  • Jaymie Patricia Heilman University of Alberta

Keywords:

anti-Communism, Ayacucho, soviet, Peruvian Communist Party, Cold War, APRA

Abstract

This article considers the anti-Communist words and actions of Ayacucho Peru’s APRA party during the 1945-1948 presidency of José Luis Bustamante y Rivero. Anti-Communism – understood here as opposition to the Peruvian Communist Party, its ideology, and its members – gave Apristas purpose, relevance and definition during the earliest moments of the global Cold War. By tracing the local motivations, practices and consequences of Aprista anti-Communism, a picture of sharp political animosity characterized by pointed rhetoric and steady, if low-level, political violence emerges.

Author Biography

Jaymie Patricia Heilman, University of Alberta

Jaymie Patricia Heilman es Profesora Asistente en el Departamento de Historia y Clásicas de la Universidad de Alberta, en Edmonton, Canadá. Obtuvo su doctorado en la Universidad de Wisconsin, Madison, EEUU. Es autora del libro Before the Shining Path: Politics in Rural Ayacucho, 1895-1980, publicado por la Universidad de Stanford. Actualmente, está empezando una investigación sobre la vida del líder campesino, Manuel Llamojha Mitma y la Confederación Campesina del Perú.

Published

2012-05-15

How to Cite

Heilman, J. P. (2012). To Fight Soviet Agents in the Fatherland: Anti-Communism in Ayacucho’s APRA, 1945-48. A Contracorriente: Una Revista De Estudios Latinoamericanos, 9(3), 94–120. Retrieved from https://acontracorriente.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/acontracorriente/article/view/116

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Articles / Artículos