Revolutionary Vanguard

Revolutionary Vanguard Vanguardia Revolucionaria
Abbreviation	VR
Leader	Ricardo Napurí César Benavides Ricardo Letts Colmenares Edmundo Murrugarra Walter Quinteros
Founded	1965
Dissolved	1984
Merged into	PUM
Ideology	Communism Marxism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	UDP (1970s) IU (1980s)
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Revolutionary Vanguard (Spanish: Vanguardia Revolucionaria) was a political party in Peru founded in 1965 by various Marxist groups. Leaders included Ricardo Napurí (who created it after participating to the MIR^[1]), César Benavides, Ricardo Letts, Edmundo Murrugarra and Walter Quinteros.

In 1977 VR took part in the foundation of the UDP. It participated in the 1978 elections on UDP lists.

In 1980 VR was one of the founding members of IU.

In 1984 VR merged with other groups to form the Mariateguist Unified Party (PUM).

References

1. Interview with Ricardo Napurí, Página/12, 10 October 2004 (in Spanish)