Socialist League (Venezuela): Difference between revisions

The ”’Socialist League”’ ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ”Liga Socialista”) was a [[Venezuela]]n political party. It was established in 1973 in a split from the [[Revolutionary Left Movement (Venezuela)|Revolutionary Left Movement]], and merged into [[PSUV]] in 2007. The League was co-founded by [[Jorge Antonio Rodríguez (Venezuelan dissident)|Jorge Antonio Rodríguez]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Remembering Injustice: Venezuelan Activist Jorge Rodriguez Assassinated by Government Forces in 1976 |url=http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/6384 |website=[[Correo del Orinoco (2009)|Correo del Orinoco]] |date=29 July 2011}}</ref> who was its Secretary General when he died on 25 July 1976 in detention as a result of torture.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.radiomundial.com.ve/article/hace-41-a%C3%B1os-fue-asesinado-el-dirigente-socialista-jorge-rodr%C3%ADguez |title=Hace 41 años fue asesinado el dirigente socialista Jorge Rodríguez |language=es |trans-title= |first=Magdalena |last=Valdez |date=25 July 2017 |website=Radio Mundial |archive-date=28 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928102837/http://www.radiomundial.com.ve/article/hace-41-a%C3%B1os-fue-asesinado-el-dirigente-socialista-jorge-rodr%C3%ADguez |url-status=dead}}</ref>