Paraguayan Communist Party (in

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: ''Partido Comunista Paraguayo'') is a communist

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. PCP was founded on February 19, 1928. Later it was recognized as a section of the

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. It was brutally suppressed during the military regimes of the country. It gained legality for a brief period in 1936 and then again in 1946-1947. After the fall of the

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regime the party re-emerged as a legal party.

Overview

After the Cuban Revolution the PCP began armed struggle. Its armed wing was the

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(FULNA). It was defeated in 1963. In 1967, the party split, and the pro- China wing formed the Paraguayan Communist Party (independent). The general secretary of the PCP is Najeeb Amado. PCP was a founding member of United Left (IU) in 2002, but later it withdrew in 2003. However a fraction of PCP, ''Movimiento por la Recuperación Democrática del Partido Comunista Paraguayo'', chose to continue to work within IU. The withdrawal was motivated by differences over electoral strategy and candidature. On September 20, 2004 a Communist Party of Paraguay (PC-Paragauay) was founded by faction that split from the PCP. The secretary general is Miguel Flores. During 2008 presidential election, PCP supported the candidate of

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, who won the election. PCP publishes ''Adelante'' (Forward).

References

External links

Official site of PCPAntonio Bonzi: Proceso Historico del Partido Comunista Paraguayo

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