Raúl Sendic

Raúl Sendic Antonaccio (1926–1989) was a Uruguayan lawyer, trade unionist and founder of the National Liberation Movement – Tupamaros (MLN–T). After beginning his legal career organising agricultural workers and agitating for land reform, he moved into militant activism and established the MLN–T to carry out urban guerrilla warfare against the Uruguayan state. He was arrested and imprisoned by the civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay, only being released after the transition to democracy. As the Tupamaros shifted once more to legal, political activities, Sendic died from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

For the Vice President of Uruguay, see Raúl Fernando Sendic Rodríguez.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sendic and the second or maternal family name is Antonaccio.
Raúl Sendic
Monument to Sendic in Trinidad, Uruguay
Born(1926-03-16)16 March 1926
Flores, Uruguay
Died28 April 1989(1989-04-28) (aged 63)
Paris, France
Resting placeCementerio de La Teja, Montevideo
Other names"Bebe"
EducationUniversity of the Republic
Occupation(s)Lawyer, trade unionist
OrganizationNational Liberation Movement – Tupamaros
ChildrenRaúl Fernando Sendic Rodríguez (son)
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