Politician and Military from outstanding career in Uruguayan politics from mid-twentieth century. He was founder of "Frente Amplio", uniting socialists, communists and progressive forces in Uruguay for the 1971 elections. Strong opposer to the dictatorship of José María Bordaberry, was dismissed from the army and sentenced to 14 years in prison between 1973 and 1984, he was released after the return of democracy to their country.∼He was a Uruguayan military officer and politician. In his youth he a was a member of the Colorado Party. Under successive governments of that party, he had a successful military career until his retirement in 1968. In 1971, Seregni split with the Colorado Party, and was one of the founders of the Broad Front ("Frente Amplio" in Spanish, abbreviated as "FA") political coalition and was its presidential candidate in the general election of 1971. Banned and imprisoned by the military dictatorship, he was released in 1984. In 1989 he was once again presidential candidate in the general election of that year but came in second.
Politician and Military from outstanding career in Uruguayan politics from mid-twentieth century. He was founder of "Frente Amplio", uniting socialists, communists and progressive forces in Uruguay for the 1971 elections. Strong opposer to the dictatorship of José María Bordaberry, was dismissed from the army and sentenced to 14 years in prison between 1973 and 1984, he was released after the return of democracy to their country.∼He was a Uruguayan military officer and politician. In his youth he a was a member of the Colorado Party. Under successive governments of that party, he had a successful military career until his retirement in 1968. In 1971, Seregni split with the Colorado Party, and was one of the founders of the Broad Front ("Frente Amplio" in Spanish, abbreviated as "FA") political coalition and was its presidential candidate in the general election of 1971. Banned and imprisoned by the military dictatorship, he was released in 1984. In 1989 he was once again presidential candidate in the general election of that year but came in second.
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