The People's Vanguard Party, or Popular Vanguard Party () is a communist party in

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. PVP was founded in 1931 as the Workers and Farmers Party, but was soon renamed to the Communist Party of Costa Rica (''Partido Comunista de Costa Rica''). From 1931 to 1947, the party published ''

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'' as a

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newspaper. The PVP's current publication is ''El Popular''.

History

In 1943 the party was renamed as PVP, in order to facilitate its alliance with the Catholic Church and the government, whose reformist policies the party supported. In 1949 the party was banned. Its militants began working under the name 'Partido Acción Socialista Obrera'.Rouquié, Alain/Arnaud, Hélène. ''Les Forces politiques en Amérique centrale''. KARTHALA Editions, 1991. p. 39-40 In the mid-1960s the

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estimated the party membership to be approximately 300.Benjamin, Roger W.; Kautsky, John H..
Communism and Economic Development
', in The American Political Science Review, Vol. 62, No. 1. (Mar. 1968), pp. 122. In 1970, the party again could contest elections. In 1984, a severe internal crisis appeared in the party. At the 14th party congress, two of the party MPs, Arnoldo Ferreto Segura and Humberto Vargas Carbonell took over the party leadership and deposed Mora (who had led the party since 1934). Mora's followers continued to use the name PVP, thus there were two parties with the same name. In 1984 Mora's party took the name

Costa Rican People's Party Costa Rican People's Party ( es, Partido del Pueblo Costarricense, abbreviated as PPC) was a communist party in Costa Rica. In March 1984 the People's Vanguard Party (Costa Rica), Popular Vanguard Party split in two factions. The majority led by H ...

Electoral performance

Presidential

References

External links

Official Website
1931 establishments in Costa Rica

Communist parties in Costa Rica Political parties established in 1931 Political parties in Costa Rica Formerly banned communist parties {{CP-stub International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties

History

Electoral performance

Presidential

See also

References

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