The Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador () is an
anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist communist party in
Ecuador
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, founded August 1, 1964, following a split from the
Communist Party of Ecuador
The Communist Party of Ecuador ( Spanish: ''Partido Comunista del Ecuador'') is a communist party in Ecuador that split from the Socialist Party in 1930, after having been a part of the PSE since the party's inception in 1926. The party still m ...
.
PCMLE publishes ''En Marcha'', and is an active participant in the
.
In 1978, PCMLE founded the electoral wing
Democratic People's Movement
The Democratic People's Movement (, 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.
History
At the legislative elections of 20 Octob ...
(MPD) before it was dissolved and replaced with
Popular Unity (UP) in 2014.
The
Workers' Party of Ecuador split from the PCMLE in 1996.
Ideology
The party adheres to
anti-revisionist Marxism–Leninism
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and strongly supports the ideology of
Karl Marx
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,
Friedrich Engels
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,
Joseph Stalin
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,
Enver Hoxha
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and
Che Guevara
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.
Armed wing
The
Group of Popular Combatants (GCP) was founded in 1994 as the armed wing of the party during the presidency of
Sixto Durán Ballén
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. The GCP committed three
mail bombing attacks between 1997-2000, but has been inactive since. On March 3rd, 2012, 10 alleged members of the GCP were arrested and charged with subversion and terrorism. The case itself, which became known as the Luluncoto 10, would become controversial over the process of criminalizing political groups as terrorist organizations.
See also
*
Insurgency in Ecuador
References
External links
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Interview With Wilson Alvarracin of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
1964 establishments in Ecuador
Anti-revisionist organizations
Communist parties in Ecuador
Hoxhaist parties
Far-left politics in Ecuador
International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle)
Plurinational Unity of the Lefts
Political parties established in 1964
Political parties in Ecuador
São Paulo Forum
Stalinist parties
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