142:, which saw significant fighting between the pro-military loyalist and the constitutionalist factions. Vargas gained recognition as a prominent female member of the constitutionalist movement, and, alongside Roberto Duvergé, established the Academia 24 de Abril, a combatant training facility in Eugenio María de Hostos Park. Vargas subsequently commanded revolutionary activities in the
87:, Dominican Republic, to Marcelino Antonio Vargas García and Eugenia Elicia Jáquez Abreu. By 1956, she was a prominent anti-Trujillo activist in Bonao, though in 1959, she fled the country following threats and harassments she and her family experienced from Trujillo's security forces, including the
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Following the coup, Justo reformed his anti-Trujillo group into the June 14th
Revolutionary Movement; from 1963 until 1964, Vargas took part in resistance activities against the triumvirate, operating underground to avoid persecution. On 24 April 1965, Vargas participated in the April Revolution,
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During the 1980s, Vargas was the leader of the Manolo Tavárez Justo
Foundation and was a vocal critic of the economic stabilisation programme agreed by the International Monetary Fund and the government of Salvador Jorge Blanco, which saw mandated price increases in 1984.
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By the end of the decades, Vargas had re-emerged as an environmental activist and land defender in her home province of Monseñor Nouel. She led a successful campaign against
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during her time in the country. While Vargas was abroad, the loyalists won the civil war, with a ceasefire and new elections being agreed. She returned to the
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