Douglas Bravo

Douglas Bravo

Douglas Bravo (born March 11, 1932) is a former guerrilla fighter and Venezuelan politician.

Bravo became a member of the Communist Party of Venezuela in 1946, only to be expelled from it in 1964.

By March 1966, he directed the Partido de la Revolución Venezolana (PRV) (Party of Venezuelan Revolution). He led the organization's militant wing, the Armed Forces of National Liberation, or Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) in an insurgency within Venezuela that lasted into the mid-1970s. He was later exiled to France, but returned.

Bravo is a fervent anti-imperialist, has had contacts with Che Guevara, and was ideologically opposed to the policies of the Soviet Union.

As part of his plan to foment a successful revolution in Venezuela, Bravo recruited military officers sympathetic to his cause within the ranks of the Army. One officer was a young Hugo Chávez, whom Bravo met in 1980. Chávez would later become the President of Venezuela.

Bravo participated in the Venezuelan coup attempt of 1992, was arrested, and pardoned the following year.

Bravo is currently the leader of the Third Road Movement which criticizes the Chávez administration for its reliance on energy companies from rich industrialized countries.^[1]

References

1. ^ Romero, Simon (August 16, 2006). "For Venezuela, as Distaste for U.S. Grows, So Does Trade". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A00E7D6173EF935A2575BC0A9609C8B63&pagewanted=2. 

• Douglas Bravo: insurgente a tiempo completo - Plantabaja.com.ve
• Soberanía Interview to Douglas Bravo.

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