Last modified: 2005-01-08 by francisco gregoric
Keywords: tupamaros | mln | movimiento 26 de marzo | march 26th movement | lista 326 | frente amplio | sendic (raúl) | star: 5 points (red) | m | m26 | number: 26 | number: 326 |
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![[Flag of the March 26th Movement]](../images/u/uy}26m.gif)
The Movimiento 26 de Marzo (March 26th Movement) defines itself as Marxist-Leninist. It was originally founded as the political party wing of the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional - Tupamaros. Originally its name was Movimiento de Independientes 26 de Marzo (M26) (March 26th Independent Movement).
It takes its name (March 26th) from the date when the Frente Amplio made its first big political meeting in Montevideo on March 26th, 1971. On the elections of 1971 the group did not present candidates, but supported candidates of the Frente Amplio in general.
After the 1973 coup the movement acted in an "underground" way and in foreign countries. In this time the name of the group was changed to its present name: Movimiento 26 de Marzo (March 26th Movement).
After the return of the civil government in 1985, the movement appeared again. The first time the group presented ballots to elections was in 1989.
The most important leader of this group is Raúl Sendic, the son (with the same name) of the founder of Tupamaros. The group is a member of the coalition Encuentro Progresista-Frente Amplio-Nueva Mayoría
Francisco Gregoric, 22 Dec 2004
The flag of the Movimiento 26 de Marzo (March 26th Movement) is yellow with a five points red star in the center that has the inscription "26 M" in black letters that stands for the name of the group. This name is repeated inside a blue arc below the star. There it appears the complete text "26 de Marzo" (March 26th) in white letters.
In the website of the group, they define this red star as "la roja estrella del internacionalismo p