Osvaldo Peredo

Osvaldo Peredo Leigue (also Osvaldo Peredo Leigh, nom de guerre: Chato) (1941 – 12 January 2021) was a Bolivian communist militant and physician. He lived in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, where he was an alderman on the Municipal Council of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

Biography Peredo was born and grew up in Trinidad in Beni Department in northern Bolivia, and was strongly influenced by his older brothers Inti Peredo and Coco Peredo who helped found the Bolivian Communist Party and were leaders in guerrilla movements. After receiving his initial medical training Peredo left the profession and joined the Ñancahuazú Guerrilla movement of Che Guevara, known as the National Liberation Army (ELN). However, because of the need for medical services, Peredo left to attend Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow where he received advanced medical training as well as ideological training. In November 1970, Salvador Allende, after he assumed the presidency of Chile, pardoned Peredo, Mario Suarez and the other survivors. In 2020, Peredo rejoined the MAS party. On 12 January 2021, Peredo died from medical complications at age 79.