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Communist Party of Bolivia
The Communist Party of Bolivia is a communist party in Bolivia. It was founded in 1950 by Raul Ruiz Gonzalez and other former members of the Revolutionary Left Party (PIR). It remained small and did not hold its first national party congress until 1959.
It soon entered the labor movement and was included in the leadership of the Central Obrera Boliviana and the FSTMB during the 1960s. However, it remained a minority force in most unions. The Sino-Soviet Split further weakened the PCB in 1964 Ruiz Gonzalez and others broke away to form the Communist Party of Bolivia (Marxist-Leninist).
At the time the U.S. State Department estimated the party membership to be approximately 6500.Benjamin, Roger W.; Kautsky, John H.. Communism and Economic Development, in The American Political Science Review, Vol. 62, No. 1. , pp. 122.
In 1966 the Cuban-based revolutionary Che Guevara planned to initiate a guerrilla war against Rene Barrientos, Bolivia's military dictator. The PCB initially pledged its support, but became suspicious of Guevara when he arrived. The party did not participate in Guevara's campaign. Instead, Guevara formed a separate organization; the National Liberation Army (Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional).
When democracy was restored in Bolivia in the 1980s, the PCB remained a minor party. In 2003 it lost its designation as a recognized political party.
The PCB publishes Unidad (Unity). The Secretary General of the PCB is Marcos Domich.
External links
Recent statement by Marcos Domich (in English)
Recent statement by Marcos Domich (in Spanish)
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