Uruguay

The political and ideological struggles in Uruguay during the late 1960s and early 1970s produced many ephemeral publications which were used by various organizations and by the government for a variety of purposes: to state policy, express opinions, advocate causes, question or denounce the views of others, urge fellow citizens to act, advertise meetings, strikes, and demonstrations, and support political candidates.

Several unions and political organizations emerged from the political and economic crisis in Uruguay in the 1960s, including the Partido Nacional, Partido Demócrata Cristiano, Partido Comunista, Frente Izquierda de Libertad, Convención Nacional de Trabajadores – CNT, and the clandestine urban guerrilla movement, Movimiento de Liberación Nacional - Tupamaros. Aimed at protecting the common citizen, the Tupamaro movement began by robbing banks, gun clubs and other businesses in the early 1960s and distributing the stolen food and money among the poor in Montevideo.

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