  The growth of the Encuentros testified to the growth of feminisms throughout the region. The Fourth Encuentro held in Taxco, Mexico (1987) brought together 1,500 women. As the end of the decade was nearing, the Fourth Encuentro reflected increased complexity in Latin American feminist politics, which was made palpable by the recurrence of the question: “Who is a feminist?” (Saporta Sternbach et al. 1992: 421). The discussion reflected divergences in what constituted feminist politics and whether general community organizing was sufficient to characterize feminist organizing, particularly where community groups were controlled by the church or local political parties (Saporta Sternbach et al. 1992: 421). Nevertheless, a key point remains that when the Encuentros began in 1981, feminism was still a “dirty word”, but by 1987, feminism had gained legitimacy and was validated in Leftist political circles, notably in the Nicaraguan revolution (Saporta Sternbach et al. 1992: 421). The Encuentros continued to demonstrate the diverse growth of Latin American feminisms as a thriving and expansive map of ideas grounded in different strands of political activism. Although the Encuentros continue to the present day, the Encuentros of the 1980s were significant developments which reflected an evolving social movement with tense but important relationships among revolutionary struggles, feminist goals, and claims for social justice.