National Leftist Revolutionary Union

National Leftist Revolutionary Union
Unión Nacional Izquierdista Revolucionaria
President Jorge Eliecer Gaitan
Founded 1933
Dissolved 1935
Split from Liberal Party
Merged into Liberal Party
Ideology Communism
Political position far-left

The National Leftist Revolutionary Union was a radical political party that operated in Colombia in the early 1930s.

History

The communist movement was founded in 1933 by populist leader Jorge Eliecer Gaitan after he broke with the Liberals. In 1935 Gaitan decided to rejoin the Liberal party, eventually disbanding the National Leftist Revolutionary Union in the same year.[1]

References

  1. Sharpless, Richard E.: Gaitàn of Colombia. A Political Biography, Pittsburgh 1978, page 71-85.
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