Tupamaro (Venezuela)
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Revolutionary Movement Tupamaro
Movimiento Revolucionario Tupamaro |
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| Leader | Oswaldo Jiménez |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Caracas |
| Membership | Great Patriotic Pole |
| Ideology | Marxism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colors | Red, Black |
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Revolutionary Movement Tupamaro (Spanish: Movimiento Revolucionario Tupamaro, MRT) or Tupamaro is a far left Marxist political party and one of the most prominent colectivos in Venezuela. Several Tupamaros participate in peaceful movements while some believe the "idea of armed struggle as a means to gain power." The group allegedly has ties with FARC.
After the end of the dictatorship of General Marcos Perez Jimenez, the Caracas area known as "el 23 de Enero" that was occupied by his wealthy officials was then taken over by poor squatters. Since then, the area has been described as a "hot bed of radicalism" and that residents have "a resistance mentality". When the Tupamaro in Uruguay were being targeted by the Uruguayan government, some of the Uruguayan members supposedly settled "el 23 de Enero". The Venezuelan Tupamaros have at least ideological links to the Tupamaros in Uruguay that took the name of Tupac Amaru, the last Incan leader of Peru who was executed by Spanish authorities in 1572 for opposing colonial rule. In the 1970s and 1980s, then future members of the Tupamaros were allegedly gaining experience by partaking in guerrilla activities and performing vigilante actions during a period of rising crime in Venezuela.
The Tupamaros were officially founded in 1992 and allegedly had the chance in prison to come into contact with Hugo Chávez, who was imprisoned for the 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempts. Chávez and the Tupamaros then allegedly made a deal since Chávez needed protection and the Tupamaros needed resources. With emergence of Hugo Chávez as President of Venezuela consolidated its disparities in support of the then new Movement for the Fifth Republic president.
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