March 26 Movement Explained

March 26 Movement
Movimiento 26 de Marzo
Foundation:1971
Country:Uruguay
Seats1 Title:Chamber of Deputies
Position:Far-left
Newspaper:Liberación
Youth Wing:Youth of March 26 Movement
National:Popular Unity
Leader:Eduardo Rubio
International:Foro de São Paulo

The March 26 Movement (Movimiento 26 de Marzo  - M26) is a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Uruguay, which emerged out the Tupamaros – National Liberation Movement.[1] Since its foundation in 1971 until March 2008 was a member organisation of the BroadFront. After that the M26 founded a new party called "Asamblea Popular" (People's Assembly) in cooperation with other leftwing groups; nowadays that coalition is known as Popular Unity.[2]

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  1. News: Asamblea popular proclamó candidatos - Montevideo Portal . www.montevideo.com.uy.
  2. News: Declaración del Movimiento 26 de Marzo de Uruguay . pctargentina.org.