{"id":183386,"date":"2025-07-15T22:20:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fotsdominicana.com\/noticias\/?p=183386"},"modified":"2025-07-15T22:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:20:21","slug":"mpd-honra-memoria-de-otto-morales-y-otros-martires-revolucionarios-asesinados-en-julio-por-el-regimen-de-balaguer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fotsdominicana.com\/noticias\/mpd-honra-memoria-de-otto-morales-y-otros-martires-revolucionarios-asesinados-en-julio-por-el-regimen-de-balaguer\/","title":{"rendered":"MPD honra memoria de Otto Morales y otros m\u00e1rtires revolucionarios asesinados en julio por el r\u00e9gimen de Balaguer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"129\" data-end=\"302\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong data-start=\"129\" data-end=\"246\">MPD honra memoria de Otto Morales y otros m\u00e1rtires revolucionarios asesinados en julio por el r\u00e9gimen de Balaguer<\/strong><\/span><br data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"249\" \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong data-start=\"249\" data-end=\"302\">Fots Dominicana Noticias \/ Contacto: 849-357-5030<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"715\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-183387 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/fotsdominicana.com\/noticias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Fernando-Hernandez-1-300x203.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/>Santiago, R.D. \u2013 El Movimiento Popular Dominicano (MPD) realiz\u00f3 un emotivo conversatorio en Santiago para recordar a Otto Morales y a otros revolucionarios asesinados durante el mes de julio por el r\u00e9gimen de los doce a\u00f1os de Joaqu\u00edn Balaguer. La actividad estuvo encabezada por el vocero nacional del MPD, profesor Fernando Hern\u00e1ndez, acompa\u00f1ado por militantes y simpatizantes de esa organizaci\u00f3n de izquierda.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"1107\">Durante el encuentro, se exalt\u00f3 el legado combativo de Otto Manuel Morales Efres, conocido como \u201cEl Gorila\u201d, dirigente que asumi\u00f3 la Secretar\u00eda General del MPD en 1970 y fue asesinado el 16 de julio de ese mismo a\u00f1o. Se resalt\u00f3 su valent\u00eda desde temprana edad, su participaci\u00f3n en la Guerra de Abril de 1965 y su rol como l\u00edder pol\u00edtico-militar de los Comandos Revolucionarios Clandestinos.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1109\" data-end=\"1449\">Adem\u00e1s de Morales, se rindi\u00f3 homenaje a Henry Segarra Santos, desaparecido en 1970; a Roberto Antonio Figueroa Taylor (Chap\u00f3), asesinado en 1971; a Julio Ces\u00e1reo Suero (C\u00e9sar el Gago); a Juan Bautista Polanco (Memelo); y a Freddy Antonio Sosa Mart\u00ednez, todos v\u00edctimas de persecuciones, secuestros y ejecuciones bajo el r\u00e9gimen balaguerista.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1451\" data-end=\"1796\">El MPD asegur\u00f3 que los ideales de estos m\u00e1rtires revolucionarios siguen vivos en la memoria colectiva y constituyen fuente de inspiraci\u00f3n para las nuevas generaciones. \u201cEllos viven eternamente en nuestro coraz\u00f3n\u201d, afirm\u00f3 el profesor Hern\u00e1ndez, quien concluy\u00f3 llamando a mantener viva la lucha por una sociedad justa y verdaderamente democr\u00e1tica.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1798\" data-end=\"1843\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em data-start=\"1798\" data-end=\"1843\">Fuente: Movimiento Popular Dominicano (MPD)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1845\" data-end=\"1848\" \/>\n<p data-start=\"1850\" data-end=\"1993\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong data-start=\"1850\" data-end=\"1942\">MPD Honors Otto Morales and Other Revolutionaries Killed in July Under Balaguer\u2019s Regime<\/strong><\/span><br data-start=\"1942\" data-end=\"1945\" \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong data-start=\"1945\" data-end=\"1993\">Fots Dominicana News \/ Contact: 849-357-5030<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1995\" data-end=\"2362\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Santiago, D.R. \u2013 The Dominican Popular Movement (MPD) held a heartfelt forum in Santiago to honor Otto Morales and other revolutionaries assassinated during the month of July under Joaqu\u00edn Balaguer&#8217;s twelve-year regime. The event was led by MPD\u2019s national spokesperson, Professor Fernando Hern\u00e1ndez, alongside members and supporters of the revolutionary organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2364\" data-end=\"2716\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Otto Manuel Morales Efres, known as \u201cEl Gorila,\u201d was highlighted for his fearless leadership, having taken over as MPD General Secretary in 1970 before being captured and killed on July 16 of that year. His early involvement in the April 1965 War and his position as political-military head of the Clandestine Revolutionary Commands were also recalled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2718\" data-end=\"3055\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Tribute was also paid to Henry Segarra Santos, who disappeared in 1970; Roberto Antonio Figueroa Taylor (Chap\u00f3), killed in 1971; Julio Ces\u00e1reo Suero (C\u00e9sar el Gago); Juan Bautista Polanco (Memelo); and Freddy Antonio Sosa Mart\u00ednez. All were victims of persecution, kidnapping, and extrajudicial killings during the Balaguer dictatorship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3057\" data-end=\"3348\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">The MPD emphasized that the ideals of these revolutionary martyrs remain alive in collective memory, serving as inspiration for new generations. \u201cThey live forever in our hearts,\u201d said Professor Hern\u00e1ndez, concluding with a call to continue the fight for a just and truly democratic society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3350\" data-end=\"3392\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em data-start=\"3350\" data-end=\"3392\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Source: Dominican Popular Movement (MPD)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MPD honra memoria de Otto Morales y otros m\u00e1rtires revolucionarios asesinados en julio por el r\u00e9gimen de BalaguerFots Dominicana Noticias \/ Contacto: 849-357-5030 Santiago, R.D. \u2013 El Movimiento Popular Dominicano (MPD) realiz\u00f3 un emotivo conversatorio en Santiago para recordar a Otto Morales y a otros revolucionarios asesinados durante el mes de julio por el r\u00e9gimen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[326,441,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-esperanceno-soy","category-provinciales","category-santiago-y-el-cibao"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fotsdominicana.com\/noticias\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Fernando-Hernandez-1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fotsdominicana.com\/noticias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fotsdominicana.com\/noticias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fotsdominicana.com\/noticias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fotsdominicana.com\/noticias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fotsdominicana.com\/noticias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fotsdominicana.com\/noticias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183388,"href":"https:\/\/fotsdominicana.com\/noticias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183386\/revisions\/183388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fotsdominicana.com\/noticias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fotsdominicana.com\/noticias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fotsdominicana.com\/noticias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fotsdominicana.com\/noticias\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}