Peasant Student Workers Movement
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The Peasant Student Workers Movement (in Spanish
: Movimiento Obrero Estudiantil Campesino) was a leftist group in Colombia
. MOEC was led by Fabio Vásquez Castano. MOEC took part in the formation of the ELN
. Its power faded after its leader, student Antonio Larrota, was killed in May 1961.
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
: Movimiento Obrero Estudiantil Campesino) was a leftist group in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. MOEC was led by Fabio Vásquez Castano. MOEC took part in the formation of the ELN
National Liberation Army (Colombia)
National Liberation Army is a revolutionary, avowed Marxist guerrilla group that has been operating in several regions of Colombia since 1964....
. Its power faded after its leader, student Antonio Larrota, was killed in May 1961.