Workers Party of Socialist Unity (

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: Partido Operário de Unidade Socialista, , POUS) is a small

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former political party in

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, founded by Aires Rodrigues and

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in 1979 after a split from the

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. It is a member of the

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led by

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. It disbanded itself as a registered political party on November 14, 2020. It will continue to exist as a political association.

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