Lautaro Youth Movement

MAPU Lautaro
Movimiento Juvenil Lautaro
Leader Guillermo Ossandón
Founded 1982
Dissolved 1994[1]
Preceded by Popular Unitary Action Movement
Ideology Communism
Revolutionary socialism
Marxism–Leninism
Maoism
Political position Far-left
Colours Green, Red

The Lautaro Youth Movement (Movimiento Juvenil Lautaro, or MJL) also known as MAPU Lautaro was a left-wing armed organization in Chile, founded in 1982 by Guillermo Ossandón.

History

During the Military dictatorship in Chile some members of the Popular Unitary Action Movement formed the Movimiento Juvenil Lautaro to pursue guerrilla warfare. The MJL was named after Lautaro, leader of the indigenous resistance in Chile.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Muere Guillermo Ossandón, fundador del Lautaro y líder subversivo más buscado en los 90


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