Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador

The Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (Spanish: Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista del Ecuador) is an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist communist party in Ecuador, founded August 1, 1964, following a split from the Communist Party of Ecuador.

Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista del Ecuador
AbbreviationPCMLE
SpokespersonOswaldo Palacios
FoundedAugust 1, 1964
Split fromPCE
HeadquartersQuito
NewspaperEn Marcha
Youth wingRevolutionary Youth of Ecuador
Armed WingGCP
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
National affiliationMPD (1978–2014)
UP (since 2014)
International affiliationICMLPO
ColoursRed
SloganFor People's Power and Socialism!
Party flag
Website
www.pcmle.org Edit this at Wikidata
A 2007 issue of En Marcha. The header contains the heads of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin. Next to them is the slogan "Workers of the world, unite!", written in Spanish.
A 2008 issue of En Marcha. In the top right corner, a photo of Enver Hoxha shows the party's ideological orientation. This issue's main article is about May 1968.

PCMLE publishes En Marcha, and is an active participant in the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle).[1]

In 1978 PCMLE founded the electoral wing Democratic People's Movement (MPD) before it was dissolved and replaced with Popular Unity (UP) in 2014.[2]

The Workers' Party of Ecuador is a split from PCMLE.

Ideology edit

The party adheres to anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist and strongly supports the ideology of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Enver Hoxha and Che Guevara.[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ "International Conference of Marxist Leninist Parties and Organizations". CIPOML Official Homepage. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  2. ^ Redacción (2014-08-04). "El CNE ratifica la eliminación del Prian, PRE, MPD y Ruptura". www.ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  3. ^ PCMLE. Solo la revolución es cambio: ¿Qué es y por qué lucha el PCMLE?. Quito: Ediciones Revolucionarias del Ecuador, 1989.
  4. ^ "Los procesos electorales y la acción de los comunistas - Semanario En Marcha". www.pcmle.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 June 2017.

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