Communist Party (Reconstructed) ( pt, Partido Comunista Português (reconstruído)), initially known as Portuguese Communist Party (Reconstructed) ( pt, Partido Comunista Português (Reconstruído), links=no), was a

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History

PCP(R) was founded at a unitary congress in December 1975, through the fusion of the

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, the Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Committee and the

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.«Organização Comunista Marxista-Leninista Portuguesa».
UC - Centro de Documentação 25 de Abril. PCP(R) held its second congress in 1977. After the break between

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and

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, PCP(R) sided with the

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. The

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had a strong influence over PCP(R). PC(R) published ''Bandeira Vermelha''. The youth league of PCP(R)/PC(R) was the Revolutionary Young Communist League (UJCR). In 1992 PC(R) was renamed Communists for Democracy and Progress (''Comunistas pela Democracia e Progresso''). In 1995 CDP merged into the People's Democratic Union.

Election results

References

Hoxhaist parties Defunct communist parties in Portugal Political parties established in 1975 1975 establishments in Portugal Political parties disestablished in 1992 {{Portugal-party-stub