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A lieutenant-colonel in UNIDAD, El Comandante is a legendary soldier, working closely with Santa Blanca. He and his men are responsible for the destruction of rebel forces in the area of Media Luna and turning it into a UNIDAD stronghold. He keeps his identity a tightly-controlled secret, and wears a black ballistic mask at all times. The Ghosts face him in the "UNIDAD Conspiracy" DLC.

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A lieutenant-colonel in UNIDAD, El Comandante is a legendary soldier, soldier working closely with Santa Blanca. He and his men are responsible for the destruction of rebel forces in the area of Media Luna and turning it into a UNIDAD stronghold. He keeps his identity a tightly-controlled secret, and wears a black ballistic mask at all times. The Ghosts face him in the "UNIDAD Conspiracy" DLC.



* {{Archenemy}}: El Comandante, whose entire career is based around destroying the rebels.
** La Cardinale is also the only cartel member who actively seems to care they exist.

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* {{Archenemy}}: El Comandante, whose entire career is based around destroying the rebels.
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rebels, and El Sueño, as the only cartel member who actively seems main opposition to care they exist.his rule.



* EnemyMine: The rebels are willing to accept any help they can get against UNIDAD and Santa Blanca. [[spoiler: And Los Extranjeros as well.]]
* {{Expy}}: One for M-19, which was a left-wing insurgency in Colombia's war against Pablo Escobar, although they weren't communists but militant socialists explicitly in favor of democracy. The '26' in their name also brings to mind the left-wing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_of_July_Movement 26th of July Movement]] that led and won the Cuban Revolution, and the TropeCodifier for the portrayal of Latin American guerrillas in fiction. [[spoiler: The latter was given assistance by the CIA and even had CIA agents operating among their ranks, but their leadership later dramatically turned against the US]], leading to the widely held perception in the US that M-26-7 were communist all along, in spite of them being a nationalist insurgency. [[spoiler: They also prove to be one for FARC in the end, a communist insurgency that ultimately funds itself through drugs and seeks to take over the local cocaine trade.]]

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* EnemyMine: The rebels are willing to accept any help they can get against UNIDAD and Santa Blanca.Blanca, even if it means working with the CIA. [[spoiler: And Los Extranjeros as well.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, communist guerrillas in Peru who held a distinct indigenous identity and took their name from an important indigenous leader executed by the Spanish. They're also potentially a successor to the real-life Tupac Katari Guerrilla Army in Bolivia, although that organization was detained and broken up before it could launch any real armed actions.
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One for M-19, which was a left-wing insurgency in Colombia's war against Pablo Escobar, although they weren't communists but militant socialists explicitly in favor of democracy. democracy.
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The '26' in their name also brings to mind the left-wing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_of_July_Movement 26th of July Movement]] that led and won the Cuban Revolution, and the TropeCodifier for the portrayal of Latin American guerrillas in fiction. [[spoiler: The latter was given assistance by the CIA and even had CIA agents operating among their ranks, but their leadership later dramatically turned against the US]], leading to the widely held perception in the US that M-26-7 were communist all along, in spite of them being a nationalist insurgency.
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[[spoiler: They also prove to be one for FARC in the end, a communist insurgency that ultimately funds itself through drugs and seeks to take over the local cocaine trade.]]
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* MilesGloriosus: He appears to be a random cocalero who decided to rename himself after Tupac Katari one day, even though all he shares in common is Tupac's surname (Apaza), and appears to be more mestizo than Aymara.

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* MilesGloriosus: He appears to be a random cocalero who decided to rename himself after Tupac Katari one day, even though all he shares in common is Tupac's Katari's surname (Apaza), and physically appears to be more mestizo than Aymara.
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* RebelLeader: The unchallenged leader of Kataris 26 and the public face of the rebellion. [[spoiler: As his true intentions are likely becoming the new boss of the cocaine trade, he's ultimately a typically cynical example befitting fiction set in Latin America.]]

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* RebelLeader: The unchallenged leader of Kataris 26 and the public face of the rebellion. [[spoiler: As his true intentions are likely becoming the new boss of the cocaine trade, he's ultimately a typically cynical example befitting US fiction set in Latin America.]]



* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He's initially reluctant to help the Ghosts, partially out of resentment that one American's death provides only four soldiers, while hundreds of his fighters died and yet they never received any support. Pac does get much friendlier if the Ghosts perform a large number of sidequests to strengthen the rebels, and he's shown to be one of the more open-minded rebels when it comes to working with the Americans, unlike Amaru and some of the other rebels who don't want anything to do with the Yankees. [[spoiler: This may be why Bowman mourns him as a good partner in the ending despite his betrayal.]]

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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He's initially reluctant to help the Ghosts, partially out of resentment that one American's death provides only four soldiers, while hundreds of his fighters died and yet they never received any support. Pac does get much friendlier if the Ghosts perform a large number of do enough sidequests to strengthen the rebels, and he's shown to be one of the more open-minded rebels when it comes to working with the Americans, unlike Amaru and some of the other rebels who don't want anything to do with the Yankees. [[spoiler: This may be why Bowman mourns him as a good partner in the ending despite his betrayal.]]
* ThePurge: [[spoiler:Sold out his own uncle to the cartel in a bid for leadership, and when that didn't work, killed him himself.
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* GeneralFailure: Zig-Zagged. When the Ghosts first get into Bolivia, the rebellion is fractured and on the verge of defeat. While this is understandable to a degree, given that the Kataris 26 have had to deal with the full might of both Santa Blanca and the Bolivian government coming down on them, Pac then proves to be an ineffective leader even after that. The Ghosts do the majority of the work dismantling the cartel, while Katari mostly asks for favors and complains that the Ghosts aren't working fast enough, or doing things the way he likes. [[spoiler: The one time he is seen actually doing something, it ends in his gruesome death at the hands of El Sueño]]. Still, he can genuinely inspire people to action with his rhetoric, and as rebels always spawn or appear on vehicle patrol if you upgrade them enough, he's great at logistics and organization. Finally, he's unified the entire rebel movement, so [[spoiler: his death makes Bowman warn in the bad ending that the entire resistance will now collapse into infighting.]]

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* GeneralFailure: Zig-Zagged. When the Ghosts first get into Bolivia, the rebellion is fractured and on the verge of defeat. While this is understandable to a degree, given that the Kataris 26 have had to deal with the full might of both Santa Blanca and the Bolivian government coming down on them, Pac then proves to be an ineffective leader even rather lacking after that. The Ghosts do the majority of the work dismantling the cartel, while Katari mostly asks for favors and complains that the Ghosts aren't working fast enough, or doing things the way he likes. [[spoiler: The one time he is seen actually doing something, it ends in his gruesome death at the hands of El Sueño]]. Still, he can genuinely inspire people to action with his rhetoric, and as rebels always spawn or appear on vehicle patrol if you upgrade them enough, he's great at logistics and organization. Finally, he's unified the entire rebel movement, so [[spoiler: his death makes Bowman warn in the bad ending that the entire resistance will now collapse into infighting.]]
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* {{Expy}}: One for M-19, which was a left-wing insurgency in Colombia's war against Pablo Escobar, although they weren't communists but militant socialists explicitly in favor of democracy. The '26' in their name also brings to mind the left-wing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_of_July_Movement 26th of July Movement]] that led and won the Cuban Revolution, and the TropeCodifier for the portrayal of Latin American guerrillas in fiction. [[spoiler: The latter was given assistance by the CIA and even had CIA agents operating among their ranks, but their leadership later dramatically turned against the US]], leading to the widely held perception in the US that M-26-7 were communist all along, in spite of them being a nationalist insurgency.

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* {{Expy}}: One for M-19, which was a left-wing insurgency in Colombia's war against Pablo Escobar, although they weren't communists but militant socialists explicitly in favor of democracy. The '26' in their name also brings to mind the left-wing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_of_July_Movement 26th of July Movement]] that led and won the Cuban Revolution, and the TropeCodifier for the portrayal of Latin American guerrillas in fiction. [[spoiler: The latter was given assistance by the CIA and even had CIA agents operating among their ranks, but their leadership later dramatically turned against the US]], leading to the widely held perception in the US that M-26-7 were communist all along, in spite of them being a nationalist insurgency. [[spoiler: They also prove to be one for FARC in the end, a communist insurgency that ultimately funds itself through drugs and seeks to take over the local cocaine trade.]]
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* {{Expy}}: One for M-19, which was a left-wing party in Colombia's war against Pablo Escobar, although they weren't communists but militant socialists explicitly in favor of democracy. The '26' in their name also brings to mind the left-wing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_of_July_Movement 26th of July Movement]] that led and won the Cuban Revolution, and the TropeCodifier for the portrayal of Latin American guerrillas in fiction. [[spoiler: The latter was given assistance by the CIA and even had CIA agents operating among their ranks, but their leadership later dramatically turned against the US]], leading to the widely held perception in the US that M-26-7 were communist all along.

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* {{Expy}}: One for M-19, which was a left-wing party insurgency in Colombia's war against Pablo Escobar, although they weren't communists but militant socialists explicitly in favor of democracy. The '26' in their name also brings to mind the left-wing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_of_July_Movement 26th of July Movement]] that led and won the Cuban Revolution, and the TropeCodifier for the portrayal of Latin American guerrillas in fiction. [[spoiler: The latter was given assistance by the CIA and even had CIA agents operating among their ranks, but their leadership later dramatically turned against the US]], leading to the widely held perception in the US that M-26-7 were communist all along.along, in spite of them being a nationalist insurgency.
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** His outfit is also very similar to those worn by FARC rebels, the other famous example of Latin American guerrillas in US popular culture. [[spoiler:Just like them, he seeks to take over the cocaine trade.]]
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* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Implied to have this mindset despite his rebellion being built on idealism. He regularly talks about how sentiment and ideals are good to have, but are useless when it comes to fighting and taking down enemies. In short, he believes that only military force and war can achieve anything good.

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* ArmiesAreEvil: While they're often seen doing their policing jobs, they're just as bad as the cartel and threaten and harass civilians all the time.



* FacelessGoons: Most UNIDAD soldiers wear face-concealing balaclavas.

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* FacelessGoons: Most UNIDAD soldiers wear face-concealing balaclavas.balaclavas, likely to protect their identities similar to Mexican security forces.



* PoliceBrutality: They dress like riot police and have no problems murdering rebels or according to DJ Perico, beating up civilian dissidents.




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* SociopathicSoldier: Largely made up of these, and just as bad as the cartel.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Were in a conflict with UNIDAD and the cartel well before the Ghosts were involved. It didn't work out for them.
* OddFriendship: Communist guerrillas allied with a CIA officer and an American Special Forces fireteam, aka the people they'd be fighting under normal circumstances. Nomad in particular is unusually friendly when chatting with rebel lieutenants, who salute him in return. [[spoiler: Even after they turn on the Ghosts, the Ghosts return to working with them against Los Extranjeros, and neither seems to have any problem with it.]]

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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Were in a conflict with Fought UNIDAD and the cartel for six years, well before the Ghosts were involved. It didn't work out for them.
* OddFriendship: Communist guerrillas allied with a CIA officer and officer, an American Special Forces fireteam, and back when he was alive, a DEA agent, aka the people they'd be fighting under normal circumstances. Nomad in particular is unusually friendly when chatting with rebel lieutenants, who salute him in return. [[spoiler: Even after they turn on the Ghosts, the Ghosts return to working with them against Los Extranjeros, and neither seems to have any problem with it.]]
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* MilesGloriosus: He appears to be a random cocalero who decided to rename himself after Tupac Katari one day, even though all he shares in common is Tupac's surname (Apaza), and doesn't appear to be Aymara.

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* MilesGloriosus: He appears to be a random cocalero who decided to rename himself after Tupac Katari one day, even though all he shares in common is Tupac's surname (Apaza), and doesn't appear appears to be more mestizo than Aymara.
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* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Took his name from Tupac Amaru II, the Quechua rebel leader.

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* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Took his name from Tupac Amaru II, the legendary Quechua rebel leader.and self-proclaimed heir to the Inca Empire.
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* OddFriendship: A communist resistance movement is allied with a CIA officer and an American Special Forces fireteam. Nomad in particular is unusually friendly when chatting with rebel lieutenants, who salute him in return. [[spoiler: Even after they turn on the Ghosts, the Ghosts return to working with them against Los Extranjeros, and neither seems to have a problem with it.]]

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* OddFriendship: A communist resistance movement is Communist guerrillas allied with a CIA officer and an American Special Forces fireteam.fireteam, aka the people they'd be fighting under normal circumstances. Nomad in particular is unusually friendly when chatting with rebel lieutenants, who salute him in return. [[spoiler: Even after they turn on the Ghosts, the Ghosts return to working with them against Los Extranjeros, and neither seems to have a any problem with it.]]



* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Their entire revolt more or less just amounts to a few footnotes in the Ghost's destruction of the Santa Blanca cartel. But they are immensely helpful anyway, and appear to be making an actual comeback in Fallen Ghosts.]]
* UngratefulBastard: A {{Downplayed}} trope example. They are very grateful and often sing your praises in ambient dialogue. [[spoiler: They also don't hesitate to turn on you at Pac Katari's orders. However, you can still summon them for help in Fallen Ghosts, are effectively working with them again, and even in the base game the rebels only turn on the Ghosts one time in the final province, suggesting that many are still grateful for the assistance. Nomad even appears to be content with Pac's advice, and seems more hurt and shocked than angry when he betrays them.]]

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* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Their entire revolt more or less just amounts to a few footnotes in the Ghost's Ghosts' destruction of the Santa Blanca cartel. But they are immensely helpful anyway, and appear to be making an actual comeback in Fallen Ghosts.]]
* UngratefulBastard: A {{Downplayed}} trope example. {{Downplayed}}. They are very always grateful when you help and often constantly sing your praises in ambient dialogue. [[spoiler: They also don't hesitate to turn on you at Pac Katari's orders. However, you can still summon them for help in Fallen Ghosts, are effectively working with them again, and even in the base game the rebels only turn on the Ghosts one time in the final province, suggesting that many are still grateful for the assistance. Nomad even appears to be content with Pac's advice, and seems more hurt and shocked than angry when he betrays them.]]
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* AFatherToHisMen: He cares deeply about the rebels and the civilian populace, and refers to them both regularly as his people.

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* AFatherToHisMen: He cares deeply about the rebels and the civilian populace, and refers to them both regularly as his people. [[spoiler:Even when it's clear that he intends to take over the drug trade and turns on the Ghosts, he still believes that it'll help the people in the long run.]]
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A mostly defeated communist resistance against the Bolivian government that is reluctantly allied with the Ghosts. [[spoiler: At least at first.]]

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A mostly defeated communist The sole resistance against the Bolivian government cartel and UNIDAD, a communist guerrilla organization that is reluctantly allied with the Ghosts. [[spoiler: At least at first.]]
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: They seem to think they can take on El Sueno's forces themselves once he's discovered. [[spoiler: They're wrong.]]


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* GeneralFailure: Zig-Zagged. When the Ghosts first get into Bolivia, the rebellion is fractured and on the verge of defeat. While this is understandable to a degree, given that the Kataris 26 have had to deal with the full might of both Santa Blanca and the Bolivian government coming down on them, Pac then proves to be an ineffective leader even after that. The Ghosts do the majority of the work dismantling the cartel, while Katari mostly asks for favors and complains that the Ghosts aren't working fast enough, or doing things the way he likes. [[spoiler: The one time he is seen actually doing something, it ends in his gruesome death at the hands of El Sueño]]. Still, he can at least inspire people to action with his rhetoric, and as rebels always spawn or appear on vehicle patrol if you upgrade them enough, he's great at mobilizing his forces to rapidly respond to situations. Finally, he's great at unifying the entire rebel movement, so [[spoiler: his death makes Bowman warn in the bad ending that the entire resistance will now collapse into infighting.]]

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* GeneralFailure: Zig-Zagged. When the Ghosts first get into Bolivia, the rebellion is fractured and on the verge of defeat. While this is understandable to a degree, given that the Kataris 26 have had to deal with the full might of both Santa Blanca and the Bolivian government coming down on them, Pac then proves to be an ineffective leader even after that. The Ghosts do the majority of the work dismantling the cartel, while Katari mostly asks for favors and complains that the Ghosts aren't working fast enough, or doing things the way he likes. [[spoiler: The one time he is seen actually doing something, it ends in his gruesome death at the hands of El Sueño]]. Still, he can at least genuinely inspire people to action with his rhetoric, and as rebels always spawn or appear on vehicle patrol if you upgrade them enough, he's great at mobilizing his forces to rapidly respond to situations. logistics and organization. Finally, he's great at unifying unified the entire rebel movement, so [[spoiler: his death makes Bowman warn in the bad ending that the entire resistance will now collapse into infighting.]]



* PetTheDog: Pac's not a complete asshole, and without prompting from the Ghosts he independently sends a squad of rebels to protect La Gringa from a Santa Blanca hit squad out of gratitude for her medical help for their cause, even though by that point she had already [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived her usefulness]] to both the rebels and the cartel. He also shows genuine warmth and praise for the Ghosts as they complete more and more sidequests to help his rebels, and Nomad thanks him in turn.

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* PetTheDog: Pac's not a complete asshole, and without prompting from the Ghosts he independently sends a squad of rebels to protect La Gringa from a Santa Blanca hit squad out of gratitude for her medical help for their cause, even though by that point she had already [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived her usefulness]] to both the rebels and the cartel. He also shows genuine warmth and praise for the Ghosts as they complete more and more sidequests to help his rebels, and Nomad thanks him in turn. Do enough for him, and he'll tell you:
--> I'm sorry to have doubted you. Our struggle has not stopped gaining momentum since you got here. Muchas gracias!
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The Bolivian Major General in charge of UNIDAD. He brokered the deal between Santa Blanca and the Bolivian government.

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The Bolivian Major General in charge of UNIDAD. He brokered the deal a Pax Romana between Santa Blanca and the Bolivian government.



!"El Comandante" a.k.a. Lt. Colonel [[spoiler: Miguel De los Montreros]]

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!"El Comandante" a.k.a. Lt. Colonel [[spoiler: Miguel De los Montreros]]
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* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Took his name from Tupac Amaru, an Andean King.

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* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: Took his name from Tupac Amaru, an Andean King.Amaru II, the Quechua rebel leader.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: His reward for betraying the Ghosts after all the help they provided is [[OffWithHisHead getting his head ripped off by a meat hook]], courtesy of El Sueño. If the gristly scenery of his death and the expression on his head is any indication, Sueño ensured it was anything ''but'' painless.]]

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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: His reward for betraying the Ghosts after all the help they provided is [[OffWithHisHead getting his head ripped off by a meat hook]], courtesy of El Sueño. If the gristly scenery of his death blood all over the floor and the expression on his head is any indication, Sueño ensured it was anything ''but'' painless.]]
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* HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection: They never explictly claim to be communists, but their Che-inspired uniform (available as an outfit), the way the cartel speaks of them, and their leader's Castro-style speeches make it clear.

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* HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection: They never explictly claim to be communists, but their Che-inspired uniform (available as an outfit), the way the cartel speaks of them, a rebel shrine to Che Guevara in La Cruz and their leader's Castro-style speeches make it clear.



* ChummyCommies: Downplayed. His talk of an "agrarian proletariat" and theories of revolution [[HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection imply pretty heavily]] that he's some sort of communist, and he is allied with the players. However, he distrusts the Ghosts and other Americans at first, and despite being more amicable later on, is still only working with them to fight their [[EnemyMine mutual foe]] in Santa Blanca. [[spoiler:Then, after the Ghosts destabilize the cartel and it seems that El Sueño is on his last legs, he drops the Chummy part and [[DirtyCommunists turns on the Ghosts]].]]

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* ChummyCommies: Downplayed. His talk of an "agrarian proletariat" and theories of revolution Castro-style speeches [[HammerAndSickleRemovedForYourProtection imply pretty heavily]] that he's some sort of a communist, and he is allied with the players. However, he distrusts the Ghosts and other Americans at first, and despite being more amicable later on, is still only working with them to fight their [[EnemyMine mutual foe]] in Santa Blanca. [[spoiler:Then, after the Ghosts destabilize the cartel and it seems that El Sueño is on his last legs, he drops the Chummy part and [[DirtyCommunists turns on the Ghosts]].]]
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* {{Expy}}: One for M-19, which was a left-wing party in Colombia's war against Pablo Escobar, although they weren't communists but militant socialists explicitly in favor of democracy. The '26' in their name also brings to mind the left-wing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_of_July_Movement 26th of July Movement]] that led and won the Cuban Revolution. [[spoiler: The latter was given assistance by the CIA and even had CIA agents operating among their ranks, but their leadership later dramatically turned against the US]], leading to the widely held perception in the US that M-26-7 were communist all along.

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* {{Expy}}: One for M-19, which was a left-wing party in Colombia's war against Pablo Escobar, although they weren't communists but militant socialists explicitly in favor of democracy. The '26' in their name also brings to mind the left-wing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_of_July_Movement 26th of July Movement]] that led and won the Cuban Revolution.Revolution, and the TropeCodifier for the portrayal of Latin American guerrillas in fiction. [[spoiler: The latter was given assistance by the CIA and even had CIA agents operating among their ranks, but their leadership later dramatically turned against the US]], leading to the widely held perception in the US that M-26-7 were communist all along.

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