Talk:Tupamaros
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I think that the name of this article should be changed to it's full and official name "Tupamaros National Liberation Movement".--Jersey Devil 20:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
- Seems their official name was "Movimiento de Liberación Nacional - Tupamaros." So how about we change it to "National Liberation Movement — Tupamaros"? Does Wikipedia allow dashes in article titles? Mona-Lynn 21:29, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
You can see the relevant policy at the following internal link: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dashes)--Jersey Devil 22:08, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
"After democracy was restored to Uruguay in 1985" is a very vague and politically loaded phrase that implies that majority voting = democracy. Many would dispute that claim based on the many factors that go into majority voting, such as financial factors. It should be changed to say something more clear, such as "After the military dictatorship was overthrown and replaced with an elected president", if that's what is meant. --lotu5 14:09, 24 Jan 2006 (UTC)
WP:Be bold... and precise. Maybe "transition to democracy" is better (see Spanish transition to democracy)? Eitherwise, you can add "liberal" to democracy: liberal democracy is a more precise term (which, I agree with you, is not "democracy", which means a lot of different things depending on your POV). Or representative democracy? In history of Uruguay, they used the term "restauration of civilian rule" and transition to democracy. I think that it should be stressed that the shift to democracy is always progressive after a dictatorship (especially in South Cone countries in the 1980s-90s-2000s). One could argue - and not dumb people have done so - that democracy is in any case a never-ending process, which may suffer from violent backlashes... Tazmaniacs
Some of the famous Tupamaros: Julio Marenales, founder along with Raul Sendic and Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro.
