The United Front for Revolutionary Action (, abbreviated as FUAR) was a short-lived militant organization which was the paramilitary wing of the

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from 1962 to 1964. The organization, which was led by

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, did not carry out any militant activities. A combination of targeting by the National Democratic Organization on orders of President

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and Communist Party General-Secretary Cayetano Carpio's decision to abolish the group led to the group's disestablishment in 1964.

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1960s establishments in El Salvador 1960s disestablishments in El Salvador {{El Salvador-stub

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