The Revolutionary Worker's Party ( es, Partido Obrero Revolucionario, POR) is a Uruguayan
Trotskyist
Trotskyism is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Ukrainian-Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky and some other members of the Left Opposition and Fourth International. Trotsky self-identified as an orthodox Marxist, a rev ...
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Posadist
The Fourth International Posadist is a Trotskyist international. It was founded in 1962 by J. Posadas, who had been the leader of the Latin America Bureau of the Fourth International in the 1950s, and of the Fourth International's section in Arg ...
party.
Established in 1944, it is a member of the
Fourth International Posadist
The Fourth International Posadist is a Trotskyist international. It was founded in 1962 by J. Posadas, who had been the leader of the Latin America Bureau of the Fourth International in the 1950s, and of the Fourth International's section in Arg ...
. In 1971 it took part in the establishment of the
Broad Front. It advocated for the formation of a nuclear weapons program despite the fact that
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
had signed the Treaty on Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons in July 1968, which effectively banned
nuclear power in Uruguay
The use of nuclear energy in Uruguay is prohibited by law 16.832 of 1997. Despite this, the country has several institutions that regulate its use, such as the Center for Nuclear Research (''Centro de Investigaciones Nucleares'') or the National Re ...
. The party's leader Thiago De Los Santos claimed the treaty suppressed the "last communist revolution which is nuclear bombing".
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1944 establishments in Uruguay
Broad Front (Uruguay)
Communist parties in Uruguay
Fourth International Posadist
Political parties established in 1944
Political parties in Uruguay
São Paulo Forum
Trotskyist organizations in Uruguay