Evaluate the consequences of guerrilla movements on the domestic development of one country.

The question requires that candidates make an appraisal of guerrilla movements weighing up the consequences on one country. Consequences may extend beyond the timeframe but they must be clearly linked to the issue raised in the question. Candidates may refer to political consequences, such as the increase of political instability, the challenges to political or military authority. They may also evaluate the impact of guerrilla violence in spreading panic among the population. Candidates may claim that the confrontations led to an increase in poverty, territorial displacements and the death of innocent citizens. Other relevant factors may be addressed, for example the use of “dirty war” or military repression, but with a focus on the issue in the question. Candidates’ opinions or conclusions will be presented clearly and supported by appropriate evidence.

The question required that candidates make an appraisal of guerrilla movements weighing up the consequences on one country. Responses were almost always applied in respect to the Castro regime in Cuba. The majority of candidates provided a justification of Castro as a guerilla leader prior to discussion of his attempts at social and economic reform. The consensus was that Castro substantially advanced social conditions but at the cost of political freedom and that economic reforms were mostly a failure. A few mistakenly ventured into foreign policy aspects of the Castro era.