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'''Manuel Cepeda Vargas''' he was a politician, lawyer and journalist Colombian been born in Armenia the 13 of April of 1930 and assassinated in Bogota the 9 of August of 1994 within the framework of the genocide to [[Patriotic Union (Colombia)]].
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'''Manuel Cepeda Vargas''' (13 April 1930 — 9 August 1994) was a lawyer and [[Senator of Colombia]], gunned down in Bogotá on 9 August 1994 as part of a campaign against the [[Patriotic Union (Colombia)|Patriotic Union]]. A [[Communist Party of Colombia (Marxist–Leninist)|Communist party]] politician, he had been a Member of the [[Chamber of Representatives of Colombia]] from 1992 to 1994, and had served a sentence in prison because of his political ideology, charged for revolutionary activity.


==Biography==
In 1952, while it made right studies in the University of The Cauca, it decides to enter to Colombian Communist party during the Campaign of Growth that oriented this one after the murder in Cali of the popular leader Julio Corner. In 1958, in VIII the Congress of the PCC, it is chosen its Committee Central and ordered of the reconstruction of Colombian Communist youth, JUCO, of which it occupies the general secretariat. In its work of reconstruction it militates next to Jaime Bateman Cayón, Hernando González Acosta, Yira Castro (its future wife), Loyal Brown Jaime and Miller Chacón.


===Early life and education===
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In 1960 house with Yira Castro, with whom it will have two children: Iván Cepeda Castro and Maruja Cepeda Castro.
Manuel Cepeda Vargas was born April 13, 1930, in [[Armenia, Colombia|Armenia]], department of [[Quindío]]. While studying at the [[Universidad del Cauca]], he joined the [[Colombian Communist Party]] in 1952.


===Career===
In 1964 it is jailed by its revolutionary activity, and in the Jail Model of Bogota it writes the poem book You will overcome Marquetalia, tribute to the resistance armed farmer who oriented the PCC in the Tolima and who would end at the foundation of The CRAF.
In 1958, at the VIII Congress of the Colombian Communist Party, he was elected to the party's Central Executive Committee. He was put in charge of rebuilding the Colombian Communist youth, JUCO, and was made that group's general secretary. In his work with JUCO, he worked with [[Jaime Bateman Cayón]], Hernando González Acosta, Yira Castro (his future wife), Loyal Brown Jaime and Miller Chacón.


Cepeda Vargas was jailed for revolutionary activity in 1964. While imprisoned in [[La Modelo]], he wrote the poetry book ''Vencerás Marquetalia'' ("You will overcome Marquetalia"), a tribute to the [[Marquetalia Republic]].
He was columnista of the weekly Proletarian Voice (soon Weekly Voice) soon to happen to direct it, already like member of the Central Executive Committee of the PCC. It continuously denounced the political genocide against the PCC, National union of Opposition and Patriotic union.


He was a columnist for the weekly ''Proletarian Voice'' (later known as the ''Weekly Voice''), which he later directed. The paper continuously denounced the repression of the Colombian Communist Party (PCC), National Union of Opposition (UNO) and the Patriotic Union (UP).
In 1981 it publishes Yira Castro: my flag is the joy, posthumous tribute to its wife who passes away that year.


In 1992 Secretary General of the PCC is named, in replacement of Alvaro Vásquez of the Real one. He was senator of the Republic by the UP, and as so it were assassinated in the streets of Bogota the 9 of August of 1994.
Cepeda Vargas was named Secretary General of the Colombian Communist Party in 1992, succeeding Álvaro Vásquez. He was elected to the [[Senate of Colombia|senate]] on the Patriotic Union ticket.


===Marriage and children===
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In their honor, a school of Bogota and a guerrilla front of the CRAF take their name, although its son [[Iván Cepeda Castro]] it has repudiado the use of the name of its father on the part of the CRAF and has condemned in several occasions the actions of that guerrilla, reiterated who “ a right and democratic society, like which it loved my father, is not constructed to end of indiscriminate attacks against the civil populace ".
He married Yira Castro in 1960. (She died in 1981.) The couple had two children: Iván Cepeda Castro and María Cepeda Castro.


===Death and afterward===
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Manuel Cepeda Vargas was assassinated in the streets of Bogotá on August 9, 1994.

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A school in Bogotá and a [[Western Bloc of the FARC-EP]] front are named in his honor, although his son Iván Cepeda Castro has repudiated the use of his father's name on the part of FARC and has repeatedly condemned the actions of that guerrilla organization, reiterated who “a right and democratic society, like which it loved my father, is not constructed to end of indiscriminate attacks against the civil populace ".{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}{{Clarify|date=July 2010}}

==Published works==
*''Vencerás Marquetalia'' (1964)
*''Yira Castro : i bandera es la alegría'' (1983)
*''Balada de los hombrecitos anónimos'' (Fondo Mixto de Promoción de la Cultura y las Artes del Cauca, c. 1995)

==References==
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Manuel Cepeda Vargas
Manuel Cepeda
Senator of Colombia
In office
20 July 1994 – 9 August 1994
Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia
In office
20 July 1992 – 20 July 1994
Personal details
Born(1930-04-13)13 April 1930
Armenia, Quindío, Colombia
Died9 August 1994(1994-08-09) (aged 64)
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
NationalityColombian
Political partyPatriotic Union
Other political
affiliations		Communist Party
SpouseYira Castro (1960–1981)
ChildrenIván Cepeda Castro
Maruja Cepeda Castro
Alma materUniversity of Cauca
ProfessionLawyer

Manuel Cepeda Vargas (13 April 1930 — 9 August 1994) was a lawyer and Senator of Colombia, gunned down in Bogotá on 9 August 1994 as part of a campaign against the Patriotic Union. A Communist party politician, he had been a Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia from 1992 to 1994, and had served a sentence in prison because of his political ideology, charged for revolutionary activity.

Biography

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Early life and education

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Manuel Cepeda Vargas was born April 13, 1930, in Armenia, department of Quindío. While studying at the Universidad del Cauca, he joined the Colombian Communist Party in 1952.

Career

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In 1958, at the VIII Congress of the Colombian Communist Party, he was elected to the party's Central Executive Committee. He was put in charge of rebuilding the Colombian Communist youth, JUCO, and was made that group's general secretary. In his work with JUCO, he worked with Jaime Bateman Cayón, Hernando González Acosta, Yira Castro (his future wife), Loyal Brown Jaime and Miller Chacón.

Cepeda Vargas was jailed for revolutionary activity in 1964. While imprisoned in La Modelo, he wrote the poetry book Vencerás Marquetalia ("You will overcome Marquetalia"), a tribute to the Marquetalia Republic.

He was a columnist for the weekly Proletarian Voice (later known as the Weekly Voice), which he later directed. The paper continuously denounced the repression of the Colombian Communist Party (PCC), National Union of Opposition (UNO) and the Patriotic Union (UP).

Cepeda Vargas was named Secretary General of the Colombian Communist Party in 1992, succeeding Álvaro Vásquez. He was elected to the senate on the Patriotic Union ticket.

Marriage and children

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He married Yira Castro in 1960. (She died in 1981.) The couple had two children: Iván Cepeda Castro and María Cepeda Castro.

Death and afterward

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Manuel Cepeda Vargas was assassinated in the streets of Bogotá on August 9, 1994.

A school in Bogotá and a Western Bloc of the FARC-EP front are named in his honor, although his son Iván Cepeda Castro has repudiated the use of his father's name on the part of FARC and has repeatedly condemned the actions of that guerrilla organization, reiterated who “a right and democratic society, like which it loved my father, is not constructed to end of indiscriminate attacks against the civil populace ".[citation needed][clarification needed]

Published works

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  • Vencerás Marquetalia (1964)
  • Yira Castro : i bandera es la alegría (1983)
  • Balada de los hombrecitos anónimos (Fondo Mixto de Promoción de la Cultura y las Artes del Cauca, c. 1995)

References

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