Raúl Castro Vera

The Workers' Revolutionary Party () is a

Trotskyist Trotskyism (, ) is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Russian revolutionary and intellectual Leon Trotsky along with some other members of the Left Opposition and the Fourth International. Trotsky described himself as an ...

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founded in 1978 by a fraction of PST, FIR(IV) and FIR(Combate). Its founding leaders included Hugo Blanco, Hipólito Enríquez, Raúl Castro Vera and Nicolás Lucar. It participated in the general elections 1980 and the municipal elections 1980 and 1983. PRT is currently led by

Raúl Castro Vera The Workers' Revolutionary Party () is a Trotskyist political party in Peru founded in 1978 by a fraction of Socialist Workers Party (Peru), PST, FIR(IV) and FIR(Combate). Its founding leaders included Hugo Blanco (politician), Hugo Blanco, Hipó ...

. The PRT became the Pervuvian section of

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but, in the 1980s, the Fourth Internationals in Peru joined the

Partido Unificado Mariateguista Mariateguist Unified Party (in Spanish: ''Partido Unificado Mariateguista – PUM'') was a political party in Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Co ...

. Political parties established in 1978 Communist parties in Peru Trotskyist organisations in Peru {{Peru-party-stub