The Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador ( es, Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista del Ecuador) is an
anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist
Marxism is a left-wing to far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand class relations and social conflict and a dialect ...
communist party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...
in
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
, founded August 1, 1964, following a split from the
Communist Party of Ecuador
Communist Party of Ecuador (in Spanish: ''Partido Comunista del Ecuador'') is a communist party in Ecuador. It was formed in 1925 as the Socialist Party. The party publishes ''El Pueblo'', the general secretary is Winston Alarcón and the youth w ...
.
PCMLE publishes ''En Marcha'', and is an active participant in the
International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle).
In 1978 PCMLE founded the electoral wing
Democratic People's Movement
The Democratic People's Movement ( es, link=no, Movimiento Popular Democrático, MPD) was the electoral wing of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (affiliated with the ICMLPO-U&S) and a political party in Ecuador since 1978.
At th ...
(MPD) before it was dissolved and replaced with
Popular Unity (UP) in 2014.
The
Workers' Party of Ecuador is a split from PCMLE.
Ideology
The party adheres to
anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist and strongly supports the ideology of
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, critic of political economy, and socialist revolutionary. His best-known titles are the 1848 ...
,
Friedrich Engels
Friedrich Engels ( ,["Engels"](_blank)
'' Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1 ...
,
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...
,
Enver Hoxha and
.
References
External links
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Interview With Wilson Alvarracin of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
1964 establishments in Ecuador
Communist parties in Ecuador
Anti-revisionist organizations
Stalinist parties
Hoxhaist parties
Far-left politics in Ecuador
International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle)
Political parties established in 1964
Plurinational Unity of the Lefts
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