The tribute will be on July 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Organism’s Session Room, open to the public and the press, and will be attended by national and departmental authorities, as well as members of this political community and others in the country. .
FIDEL was the first attempt to unify the left in Uruguay, when it was founded on July 15, 1962, and has played a significant role in building democracy and citizen participation in the country.
The main organization that integrated it was the Communist Party of Uruguay (PCU), although among its founders were also the Unidad Popular Movement (MPU), the Eastern Revolutionary Movement (MRO) and politicians from the Colorado Party and the National Party.
Several years later, in 1971, FIDEL would be one of the many political groups that would participate in the creation of the wide front in 1971.
Like other political sectors, social, trade union and cultural organizations, FIDEL was banned during the civic-military dictatorship and its members were persecuted.
During the event, which will be broadcast via streaming on the social networks of the Board, the authorities of the Montevideo legislature will deliver a plaque to representatives of this organization on the occasion of the anniversary.
