Love in the time of revolution, part 1
José Pepe Mujica and Lucía Topolansky were urban guerillas working to destabilise Uruguay’s government through bank heists and kidnappings. But the law was on their tail.
When they were younger, José Pepe Mujica and Lucía Topolansky separately joined a left-wing insurgency set on overthrowing Uruguay's increasingly repressive government. They wouldn't meet for years but they were on the same mission. Each went underground, cutting ties to friends and family while their group, the Tupamaros, carried out bank heists to fund the uprising. Initially romanticised as 'Robin Hood' guerillas, their movement gradually became more violent. The law soon caught up with them both, but neither were prepared to stay behind bars for long and their audacious prison escapes would break world records.
Presenter: Andrea Kennedy
Producer: Louise Morris
Dubbers were Elizabeth Rhodes and Fede di Lorenzo
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(Photo: José Pepe Mujica and Lucía Topolansky. Credit: LatinContent/Getty)
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