National Liberation Front

noun

the name taken by nationalist insurgent groups in various countries.
Also called National Liberation Front of South Vietnam. a political organization formed by the Vietcong in South Vietnam in 1960 to carry out an insurgent policy.

noun

sometimes not capitals a revolutionary movement that seeks the national independence of a country, usually by guerrilla warfare
Also calledNational Liberation Front of South Vietnam a political organization formed in South Vietnam in 1960 by the Vietcong

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Turning Point admirably points to the pejorative nature of the term “Viet Cong” to refer to the National Liberation Front, but it is less successful in clarifying for viewers that the NLF was comprised of southern Vietnamese.

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Brutally candid conversations with veterans and historians take center stage, but so do interviews with people who fought with the National Liberation Front, like Võ Thị Trong and political aides such as Tôn Nữ Thị Ninh, who translated for Vietnam delegates negotiating at the Paris Peace Accords.

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It also operated as a mutual-aid project to feed people during the COVID-19 pandemic and as a nod to his parents: His father, who was an activist and student leader in El Salvador organizing with the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front and his mother, a lawyer and former executive director at the Central American Resource Center.

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Carter immediately broke with the Somoza regime, which collapsed within weeks and gave rise to the Sandinista National Liberation Front, a revolutionary but eventually anti-American group.

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The Phoenix program was designed to uncover and dismantle the National Liberation Front’s shadow government across South Vietnam.

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National League national liberation movements

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