Tupamaros

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Tupamaros – National Liberation Movement Movimiento de Liberación Nacional – Tupamaros
Tupamaros – National Liberation Movement Flag
Leader	Raúl Sendic Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro Héctor Amodio Pérez Henry Engler Mauricio Rosencof
Dates of operation	1967–1972
Active regions	Uruguay
Ideology	Communism Marxism-Leninism Guevarism Foco theory Left-wing nationalism Revolutionary socialism
Political position	Far-left
Status	Defunct
Allies	Cuba MIR
Opponents	Government of Uruguay

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The National Liberation Movement – Tupamaros (Spanish: Movimiento de Liberación Nacional – Tupamaros, MLN-T) was a Marxist-Leninist urban guerrilla group in Uruguay in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1989 it joined the Movement of Popular Participation (MPP), which was admitted to the Broad Front.^[1]

The MLN-T is inextricably linked to its most important leader, Raúl Sendic, and his brand of social politics. José Mujica, who later became President of Uruguay, was also a member. 300 Tupamaros died either in action or in prisons (mostly in 1972), according to officials of the group. About 3,000 Tupamaros were also imprisoned.^[2]