The Movement of Popular Participation (Movimiento de Participación Popular) is a Uruguayan political party. It is a member organisation of the ruling left-wing party Broad Front.
From 1985 onwards, after the end of the military dictatorship and the amnesty that freed those Tupamaros imprisoned during the regime, there was debate among different factions within the Tupamaros about whether or not to participate in the legal political system . In th...
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The Movement of Popular Participation (Movimiento de Participación Popular) is a Uruguayan political party. It is a member organisation of the ruling left-wing party Broad Front.
From 1985 onwards, after the end of the military dictatorship and the amnesty that freed those Tupamaros imprisoned during the regime, there was debate among different factions within the Tupamaros about whether or not to participate in the legal political system . In the end, those who favored the democratic ways prevailed.
In 1989, the Tupamaros were admitted within the ranks of the Broead Front and, together with other groups of the radical left such as the Party for the Victory of the People (PVP), the Oriental Revolutionary Movement (MRO) and the Socialist Workers Party, they created the Movement of Popular Participation (MPP). However, the Tupamaros within the MPP declined to participate in the elections. As a result of the legislative elections of 1989, the MPP won two seats in the Chamber of Deputies:...
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