Revolutionary Agrarian Movement of the Bolivian Peasantry
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The Revolutionary Agrarian Movement of the Bolivian Peasantry (Spanish
Spanish language
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: Movimiento Agrario Revolucionario del Campesinado Boliviano, MARC) was a right-wing Christian
Christian
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 nationalist movement in Bolivia
Bolivia
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The Revolutionary Agrarian Movement of the Bolivian Peasantry was established by General René Bernal Escalante and José Zegarra Cerruto among the Cochabamba
Cochabamba Department
Cochabamba is one of the nine component departments of Bolivia. It is known to be the "granary" of the country because of its variety of agricultural products due to Cochabamba's geographical position. It has an area of 55,631 km². Its population, in the 2007 census, was 1,750,000...

 campesinos in June 1978.
In 1978 the MARC took part in an electoral coalition Popular Alliance for National Integration
Popular Alliance for National Integration
The Popular Alliance for National Integration was a right-wing electoral political alliance in Bolivia.The APIN was formed in 1979 by:Revolutionary Agrarian Movement of the Bolivian Peasantry, MARC;...

 backing René Bernal Escalante as the presidential candidate and Mario Gutiérrez Gutiérrez (FSB) as the vice-presidential candidate.
After the coup d'état on 17 July, 1980 the Revolutionary Agrarian Movement of the Bolivian Peasantry disappeared.
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