Óscar Únzaga de la Vega (19 April 1916 – 19 April 1959) was a

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and rebel. Most significantly, he founded the

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(FSB) movement in 1937, and ran for

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in the 1956 elections, when his party became the main opposition movement to the

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(MNR). In 1959 Únzaga was one of fifty who died during an attempted coup by the FSB, with government forces reporting that he committed suicide.Phil Gunson, Andrew Thompson & Greg Chamberlain, ''The Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of South America'', London: Routledge, 1990, pp. 38-39 Supporters disputed the official version and stated that Únzaga had been assassinated. He is revered as a hero and martyr by some factions of well-to-do Bolivian political elites.

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