The effect of the Cold War in Guatemala was that Castillo Armas outlawed the communists, imposed a harsh military dictatorship, and set off an era of repression that has still to end in Guatemala. More than 200,000 persons have been killed in Guatemala from 1954 to the present by anti-communist regimes. In Chile, the result of the Cold War brought Fidel Castro to power...
I think these groups would be opposed to war because they would be the ones fighting them. The working class would have no choice to whether they live or die- that would be up to the leaders.
