ALSO EXAMINED IS THE URBAN GUERRILLA STRATEGY OF MILITARIZATION - PLACING THE GOVERNMENT ON THE DEFENSIVE, CREATING A GENERAL SENSE OF INSECURITY, AND ISOLATING THE REGIME FROM THE PEOPLE BY FORCING IT TO RESORT TO COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE REPRESSION. THREE LATIN AMERICAN EXAMPLES OF URBAN GUERRILLAS IN ACTION ARE SINGLED OUT FOR STUDY: GUATEMALA, WHERE THE GROWTH OF URBAN TERRORISM WAS DIRECT RESULT OF THE GUERRILLAS' FAILURE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE; BRAZIL, WHERE THE URBAN GUERRILLAS HAVE SCORED SOME NOTABLE SUCCESSES AND HAVE ELABORATED A THEORY OF REVOLUTION; AND URUGUAY, WHERE THE EXTREMISTS HAVE HELPED TO UNDERMINE THE LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES OF ONE OF THE CONTINENT'S MOST DURABLE DEMOCRACIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)