Revolutionary Vanguard (in Spanish: ''Vanguardia Revolucionaria'') was a

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founded in 1965 by various

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groups. Leaders included Ricardo Napurí (who created it after participating to the

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Interview with Ricardo Napurí
'' Página/12'', 10 October 2004 ), César Benavides,

Ricardo Letts Ricardo Letts Colmenares (August 9, 1937 – May 18, 2021) was a Peruvian politician, journalist and left-wing militant. Childhood and youth Born in Lima, his parents were Roberto Letts Sánchez, an agricultural businessman and Josefina Colmenar ...

, Edmundo Murrugarra and Walter Quinteros. In 1977 VR took part in the foundation of the UDP. It participated in the 1978 elections on UDP lists. In 1980 VR was one of the founding members of IU. In 1984 VR merged with other groups to form the

Mariateguist Unified Party Mariateguist Unified Party (in Spanish: ''Partido Unificado Mariateguista – PUM'') was a political party in Peru founded in 1984 by Revolutionary Vanguard (VR), Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), Workers Revolutionary Party (PRT) and a secto ...

(PUM).

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