Mariateguist Unified Party (in Spanish

Spanish language

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: Partido Unificado Mariateguista - PUM) was a political party

Political party

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 in Peru

Peru

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 founded in 1984 by Revolutionary Vanguard

Revolutionary Vanguard

Revolutionary Vanguard was a political party in Peru founded in 1965 by various Marxist groups. Leaders included Ricardo Napurí , César Benavides, Ricardo Letts and Edmundo Murrugarra.In 1977 VR took part in the foundation of the UDP...

 (VR), Revolutionary Left Movement

Revolutionary Left Movement (Peru)

Revolutionary Left Movement , was a Marxist group founded in Peru in 1962 by Luis de la Puente Uceda and his group APRA Rebelde, a splinter-group from the APRA which had rallied the government in the 1950s and 1960s...

 (MIR), Workers Revolutionary Party

Workers Revolutionary Party (Peru)

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 (PRT) and a sector of Revolutionary Communist Party

Revolutionary Communist Party (Peru)

Revolutionary Communist Party was a communist party in Peru. PCR was formed in 1974, through a split in the Revolutionary Vanguard. PCR was founded by Manuel Danmert, Agustín Haya and Santiago Pedraglio....

 (PCR). Leaders included Javier Diez Canseco

Javier Diez Canseco

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, Agustín Haya de la Torre, Santiago Pedráglio, Hugo Blanco

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, Eduardo Cáceres

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 and Carlos Tapia. Maria Elena Moyano

María Elena Moyano

María Elena Moyano Delgado was a Peruvian community organizer and activist of Afro-Peruvian descent who was assassinated by the maoist Shining Path insurgent movement...

 was also a member of PUM.

PUM was a part of United Left

United Left (Peru)

United Left was an alliance of leftist political parties in Peru founded in 1980 by Popular Democratic Unity , Revolutionary Left Union , Peruvian Communist Party , Revolutionary Socialist Party , Revolutionary Communist Party and FOCEP.In 1984 UDP and a part of PCR converted itself into the...

 (IU). In 1990, PUM withdrew from IU. In 1995, it rejoined IU, together with UNIR

Revolutionary Left Union

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