Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo

Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo
Martínez Verdugo in 1971
General Secretary of the Mexican Communist Party
In office
1963–1981
Personal details
Born(1925-01-12)January 12, 1925
DiedMay 24, 2013(2013-05-24) (aged 88)
Mexico City, Mexico
PartyParty of the Democratic Revolution (PRD)
Other political
affiliations
Unified Socialist Party of Mexico (1981–88)
Mexican Communist Party (1946–81)
SpouseMartha Recaséns Díaz de León
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Arnoldo Martínez Verdugo (12 January 1925 – 24 May 2013) was a Mexican socialist politician and democracy activist. A long-standing leader of the Mexican Communist Party and the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico (PSUM), Martínez promoted political self-criticism, refused to support regional guerrilla movements, condemned the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and promoted the unification of the political left.