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Reason for the Fatherland

Bolivian military group
Also known as: RADEPA, Razón de Patria
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Reason for the Fatherland (RADEPA) was a secret military group in Bolivia that overthrew the civilian president Gen. Enrique Peñaranda in 1943. RADEPA then allied with the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement (MNR) to establish a new government under Col. Gualberto Villaroel. However, this government achieved little except for the MNR's political mobilization of Indigenous peasants. The Villaroel government was overthrown in 1946.1

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  1. Bolivia - The rise of new political groups and the Bolivian National Revolution
  2. Bolivia - Loss of the coastal region
  3. Bolivia - Foundation and early national period

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