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Communist party (disambiguation)
A communist party is a party that advocates the application of the social principles of communism.
Communist Party may also refer to:
Africa Benin
* Communist Party of Benin
* Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Benin
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for other similarly named groups.''
Guatemalan Party of Labour – Communist Party (in
Spanish: ''Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo – Partido Comunista'') was an underground
communist party in
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
. PGT-PC was formed in 1978 as a split from the
Guatemalan Party of Labour (PGT).
The founders of PGT-PC belonged to two groupings within PGT. One section which participated in forming PGT-PC had only a brief period of membership in PGT. They had belonged to the
Rebel Armed Forces
The Rebel Armed Forces ( es, Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes, FAR) was a Guatemalan guerrilla organization established in 1961 and lasting until the peace agreements in 1996.
In the late 1960s, the Guatemalan government began a United States-backed coun ...
(FAR), but had left FAR to join PGT. The other section was made up by members of the Military Commission of PGT (i.e. the armed branch of the party) in the Central Regional Committee and the Alamos Zonal Committee.
In the early 1980s PGT-PC expelled
Carlos Quinteros Carlos Quinteros (''nom de guerre'': Miguel) was a Guatemalan communist
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the social ...
(''
nom de guerre
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individua ...
'': Miguel). Quinteros had joined PGT-PC after having participated in the formation of the
National Directing Nucleus of PGT (PGT-NDN). Quinteros was captured by state forces on October 9, 1983. Quinteros become a collaborator of the government armed forces. He provided information to the military about the whereabouts and identities of leaders and key cadres of PGT, PGT-NDN and PGT-PC. The arrests and killings that followed wiped out PGT-PC. Only a small section of the party remained active, regrouping itself as the
Guatemalan Party of Labour – Alamos
The Guatemalan Party of Labour – Alamos (in Spanish language, Spanish: ''Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo – Alamos'') was an underground communist party in Guatemala. PGT-Alamos was formed as a regroupment of the few elements in the Alamos, Gu ...
.
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