People’s Revolutionary Army

political organization, Argentina

Also known as: ERP, Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo

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The People's Revolutionary Army (ERP) was a Trotskyite group active in Argentina during the 1970s. It was a key target of repression during the "Dirty War," a period of state-sponsored violence and human rights abuses. The ERP, along with other leftist guerrilla groups like the Montoneros, engaged in underground activities and terrorist acts. The repression extended beyond these groups to include political parties, trade unionists, students, and journalists.12

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Argentina
Military government, 1966–73
…by a Trotskyite group, the People’s Revolutionary Army (Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo; ERP), and by Peronist groups. In 1970 one of these Peronist organizations, the Montoneros, destroyed the moderate Peronist union leadership and captured and killed former president Aramburu, who had been organizing a movement for a return to constitutional…
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…by a Trotskyite group, the People’s Revolutionary Army (Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo; ERP), and by Peronist groups. In 1970 one of these Peronist organizations, the Montoneros, destroyed the moderate Peronist union leadership and captured and killed former president Aramburu, who had been organizing a movement for a return to constitutional…
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Jorge Rafael Videla
…an army campaign against the People’s Revolutionary Army (ERP) in Tucumán province, which resulted in the death of hundreds of Marxist guerrillas. After leading the military coup that deposed Isabel Perón on March 24, 1976, Videla became president of Argentina as head of a three-man (later a five-man) military junta…
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…an army campaign against the People’s Revolutionary Army (ERP) in Tucumán province, which resulted in the death of hundreds of Marxist guerrillas. After leading the military coup that deposed Isabel Perón on March 24, 1976, Videla became president of Argentina as head of a three-man (later a five-man) military junta…
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