During the years of military dictatorship in Bolivia in the 1970s, Lora and his faction of the POR were an important ally of Juan Lechín Oquendo (the president of the miners' union). Though it is far smaller than at its height in 1952, Lora's POR still remains as one of the largest Trotskyist groups in Bolivia.
guillermo, lora, uncia, potosi, october, 1922, 2009, trotskyist, leader, bolivia, active, revolutionary, workers, party, from, early, 1940s, best, known, leader, lora, became, active, when, process, building, links, with, bolivian, labor, movement, most, notab. Guillermo Lora Uncia Potosi 31 October 1922 La Paz 17 May 2009 was a Trotskyist leader in Bolivia who was active in the Revolutionary Workers Party POR from the early 1940s and was its best known leader Lora became active in the POR when it was in the process of building links with the Bolivian labor movement most notably the Federation of Bolivian Mine Workers FSTMB Following the POR s participation in the 1952 Bolivian National Revolution its power was quickly circumscribed by the ruling Revolutionary Nationalist Movement MNR In the 1960s when a faction of the POR sought to follow the example of Che Guevara and engage in guerrilla warfare Lora led a second group generally referred to as POR Masas that maintained its focus on the labor movement Though Lora sympathized with the International Committee of the Fourth International his faction of the POR did not affiliate with any international socialist grouping during the time In 1988 POR Masas founded the Liaison Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International CERCI During the years of military dictatorship in Bolivia in the 1970s Lora and his faction of the POR were an important ally of Juan Lechin Oquendo the president of the miners union Though it is far smaller than at its height in 1952 Lora s POR still remains as one of the largest Trotskyist groups in Bolivia External links editWritings by Lora Marxist Internet Archive Death Notice in Spanish Guillermo Lora 1921 2009 la conscience ouvriere bolivienne by Vincent Presumey in French nbsp This article about a Bolivian politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Guillermo Lora amp oldid 1186531061, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
