Bernardo Alvarado Monzón
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Bernardo Alvarado Monzón was a Guatemala
Guatemala
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n communist
Communism
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 leader. He led the clandestine Guatemalan Party of Labour
Guatemalan Party of Labour
The Guatemalan Party of Labour was a communist party in Guatemala. It existed from 1949 to 1998. It gained prominence during the government of Col. Jacobo Arbenz...

 (PGT), and became its general secretary. Under Alvarado's leadership the party adopted the line of 'Popular Revolutionary War'.http://www.lahora.com.gt/05/09/28/paginas/editoriales.php

Bernardo Alvarado was captured by state forces on September 26, 1972 in Guatemala City
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. He was killed soon thereafter.

http://shr.aaas.org/guatemala/ceh/gmds_pdf/anexo3_2.pdf
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