People's Revolutionary Bloc | |
Native Name: | Bloque Popular Revolucionario |
Native Name Lang: | es |
War: | the Salvadoran Civil War |
Active: | 1975 – 1995 |
Ideology: | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
Position: | Far-left |
Founder: | Cayetano Carpio |
Leader1 Title: | Secretary-General |
Leader1 Name: | Julio Flores |
Size: | 50,000–70,000 |
Partof: | Farabundo Martí Liberation People's Forces |
Allies: | Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front |
Opponents: | El Salvador Right-wing paramilitaries |
Battles: | Salvadoran Civil War |
The People's Revolutionary Bloc (Spanish: Spanish; Castilian: Bloque Popular Revolucionario, abbreviated BPR) was a Salvadoran militant organization that was founded by the Farabundo Martí Liberation People's Forces (FLP) in 1975. The BPR was mainly composed intellectuals, teachers, students, and rural peasants and workers. The group was led by General-Secretary Julio Flores.