Camilo Torres Restrepo

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Camilo Torres Restrepo
Born
Camilo Torres Restrepo

3 February 1929
Bogotá, Colombia
Died 15 February 1966
San Vicente de Chucurí, Santander, Colombia
Cause of death Killed in action
Nationality Colombian
Ideology Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Camilism
Anti-revisionism
Focoism
Liberation Theology
Political party ELN

Camilo Torres Restrepo (3 February 1929 – 15 February 1966) Was a Colombian Catholic Priest, Marxst-Leninist guerilla, theologian, and large inspiration of general Liberation Theology. Camilo Torres was an Anti-Revisionist who denounced the Khrushchev Line, he cited Mao Zedong, Che Guevara, and Joseph Stalin as his primary influences. After his death, his ideology of reconciliation between revolutionary socialism and Catholicism became known as Camilism.