The origins of the March 26 Independent Movement

February 5th of 1971 took place in Uruguay the culmination of a long and zigzagging process; the constitution of the Broad Front, a space that managed to unify leftist parties, progressive sectors of traditional parties -National and Red- and independent. That new actor did rethink to the revolution...

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Autor principal: Martínez Ruesta, Manuel Francisco
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/RIHALC/article/view/28628
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Sumario:February 5th of 1971 took place in Uruguay the culmination of a long and zigzagging process; the constitution of the Broad Front, a space that managed to unify leftist parties, progressive sectors of traditional parties -National and Red- and independent. That new actor did rethink to the revolutionary left what to do about the parlmentary political participation. The answers were not homogeneous. Some of them, as the Uruguayan Anarchist Federation, decide not participate in the Broad Front; other, like the Revolutionary Left Movement, chose leave the underground and enter to the electoral path. Finally, a third alternative, was implemented for the National Liberation Movement- Tupamaros (MLN-T); this movement decided continue with underground fight but with and especial support. The construction of a movement that was part of the Broad Front. The aim of this article is reflect on MLN-T strategies to shape and give visibility; the March 26 Independent Movement, his “political arm” in the front. To that end, the national and international context in which the FA came alive will be presented at first, then the relationship between the MLN-T and that new political actor will be analyzed, to finally describe the specificities of the MI26Mand the responses that their practices generated within the front.