1973 Uruguayan general strike
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title:
1973 Uruguayan general strike
text:
On 27 June 1973 a coup was declared in Uruguay by the president, Juan María Bordaberry, who closed parliament and imposed direct rule from a junta of military generals. The official reason was to crush the Tupamaros, a Marxist urban guerrilla movement. Within hours of the coup being declared, the leftist trade union Convención Nacional de Trabajadores called a general strike. Factory occupations took place throughout the country, and many ports, banks and stores closed. On 2 July 1973 the CNT wa
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Strike action in response to the 1973 military coup in Uruguay
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Uruguayan_general_strike
date created:
2005-05-24T21:27:09Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T20:22:02Z
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