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Nancahuazu Guerrilla

Nancahuazu Guerrilla

9.9
A small armed group in Bolivia in the 1960s led by Che Guevara
  • noun
translation icon : Guerrilla de Nancahuazú
  • The Nancahuazu Guerrilla operated covertly in Bolivia during the 1960s under the leadership of Che Guevara.

Examples

  • Some historians analyze the impact of the Nancahuazu Guerrilla on subsequent revolutionary movements in South America.

  • Government forces spent years trying to suppress the activities of the Nancahuazu Guerrilla.

  • The Nancahuazu Guerrilla was formed in the 1960s.

  • Many historians study the Nancahuazu Guerrilla for its impact on Bolivia.

  • Some historians analyze the impact of the Nancahuazu Guerrilla on subsequent revolutionary movements in South America.

  • Government forces spent years trying to suppress the activities of the Nancahuazu Guerrilla.

  • The Nancahuazu Guerrilla operated covertly in Bolivia during the 1960s under the leadership of Che Guevara.

Synonyms

National Liberation Army
vsNancahuazu Guerrilla
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9.0

A guerrilla group in Bolivia started in the 1960s by Che Guevara

is the more specific or historical name used locally

Surface Forms

Nancahuazu Guerrilla singular
Nancahuazu Guerrillas plural

Morphology

Nancahuazu + guerrilla

A B1 learner who knows 'guerrilla' and recognises 'Nancahuazu' as a proper name can infer this denotes a guerrilla group called Nancahuazu (i.e., a fighting organisation). However, the specific historical, ideological and geographic details (Bolivian, Marxist-Leninist, led by Che Guevara) are not recoverable from the constituents alone, so the meaning is only partially predictable.

Etymology

Nancahuazu Guerrilla is named after the Nancahuazu valley in Bolivia, where Che Guevara and a small band of fighters set up a base in the 1960s. That's why Guerrilla here means 'a rebel group' tied to that place and later used for other local groups.