Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity

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The Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity was a leftist guerrilla organization that led the main armed insurgency against Guatemala’s military-dominated government during the country’s civil war.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf guerrilla organization
political organization
rebel group
abbreviation URNG
activeIn Central America
Guatemala
country Guatemala
dissolved 1998
endTime 1998
ethnicBase indigenous Maya population
rural peasants
goal establishment of a socialist government in Guatemala
overthrow of Guatemala’s military-dominated government
ideology Marxism
communism
left-wing politics
socialism
language Spanish
mergedFrom Guatemalan Labor Party
Guerrilla Army of the Poor
Organization of the People in Arms
Rebel Armed Forces
militaryBranch URNG armed forces
nativeName Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca
notableLeader Gaspar Ilom
Ricardo Ramírez
Rodrigo Asturias
Rolando Morán
opposedTo Government of Guatemala
Guatemalan military government
partOfConflict Guatemalan Civil War
peaceAgreementDate 1996
politicalWing URNG political party
recognizedAs belligerent force in Guatemalan Civil War
signed Firm and Lasting Peace Accord
Guatemalan peace accords
Oslo Accord on Human Rights in Guatemala
signedPeaceAgreementWith Government of Guatemala
startTime 1982
supportedBy Cuba
Nicaragua
Soviet Union
other leftist organizations in Latin America
transformedInto legal political party
usedTactics assassination
guerrilla warfare
kidnapping
rural insurgency
sabotage

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Central American conflicts of the 1980s involved Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity mergedFrom Guatemalan Labor Party
linked to: Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
Guatemalan Historical Clarification Commission foundedBy Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity