¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo!
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- For the EP by At the Drive-In, see Alfaro Vive, Carajo!.
¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo! (roughly translated "Alfaro Lives, Dammit!" and named after Eloy Alfaro) was a clandestine leftwing group in Ecuador founded on August 12, 1983. This once potent Ecuadorian group was delivered what some consider its death-knell in 1986 when a large segment of its leadership was wiped out by government forces. In 1991, the group officially ended its armed struggle against the government and reformed as a legitimate political party. One year later, eight group members made an illegal, but non-violent entry into the British Embassy in Quito, demanding the release of a group leader who was then imprisoned by the Ecuadorian government. During its more active militant period, it was known to operate with similar groups from neighboring South American countries.