The Argentine Marxist–Leninist Communist Party ( es, Partido Comunista Marxista–Leninista Argentino, abbreviated PCMLA) was a
communist party
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in
Argentina
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. PCMLA was founded in 1975 as splinter group of the
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party.
It had a pro-
China
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orientation.
Leaders of PCMLA included Oscar Ríos (general secretary), José Ríos (organizational secretary), Daniel Egea, Carlos Herrera, and Ramón Ruiz.
The party was active in the student movement.
[''Clarín''. ]
Identifican restos de un estudiante platense desaparecido en 1976
' Its student wing was Grupos de Resistencia Estudiantil (GRE, 'Student Resistance Groups').
It had cells in
Buenos Aires
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city and province,
Corrientes
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,
Entre Ríos and
Santa Fe.
The party had a front organization in the meat industry, Resistencia Obrera de la Carne (ROC, Meat Workers Resistance).
The military junta designated PCMLA as a 'band of terrorist criminals'.
On May 30, 1976 PCMLA guerrillas captured colonel Juan Alberto Pita, the person the military junta had put in charge of the ''
Confederación General del Trabajo'' (CGT), in the La Plata city of
Manuel B. Gonnet
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(generally referred to as "Gonnet").
In 1978 the party suffered state repression and began to disintegrate.
In 1982 PCMLA merged with PCML, forming the
Liberation Party.
References
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Communist parties in Argentina
Political parties established in 1975