Rosa María
Subtitle: una mujer en la guerrilla : relatos de la insurgencia guatemalteca en los años sesenta
By: Mirna Paiz Cárcamo ; M. Gabriela Vazquez Olivera (editora)
Contributors: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Centro de Investigaciones sobre América Latina y el Caribe
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigaciones sobre América Latina y el Caribe
Published: 2015
Place of publication: México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9786077112778
Subjects: Guerrillas; Guerrilla warfare; Personal narratives; Frente Guerrillero Edgar Ibarra
Description: Mirna Paiz was the first woman to join the guerrilla front in the mountains of Guatemala in the early nineteen sixties. In stories she chronicles the experiences of those early years of militancy. These stories were written forty five years ago and are accompanied by two texts discussing the political background in the context of recent history in Guatemala.

Memoirs of first woman to join Guatemalan guerrilla movement in 1960s. Narrates her early political convictions, encounter with revolutionaries in capital city who took her to Sierra Armada, her daily life and actions in which she was involved. Includes rare, never-before published, first-hand information about "Guerrilla Edgar Ibarra" movement, accompanied by two texts fleshing out biographical details and placing events in context of Guatemala's recent history.
Table of contents: title: Presentación / M. Gabriela Vázquez Olivera; title: Hilvanar los recuerdos con la historia / M. Gabriela Vázquez Olivera; title: Rosa María o la mujer en la guerrilla / Mirna Paiz Cárcamo; title: Los relatos de Rosa María / Yosahandi Navarrete Quan.