Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador Partido Comunista Marxista–Leninista del Ecuador | |
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| Abbreviation | PCMLE |
| Spokesperson | Oswaldo Palacios |
| Founded | August 1, 1964 |
| Split from | PCE |
| Headquarters | Quito |
| Newspaper | En Marcha |
| Youth wing | Revolutionary Youth of Ecuador |
| Armed Wing | GCP |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | MPD (1978–2014) UP (since 2014) |
| International affiliation | ICMLPO |
| Colours | Red |
| Slogan | For People's Power and Socialism! |
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The Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (Spanish: Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista del Ecuador) is an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist communist party in Ecuador, founded August 1, 1964, following a split from the Communist Party of Ecuador.
PCMLE publishes En Marcha, and is an active participant in the International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle).[1]
In 1978, PCMLE founded the electoral wing Democratic People's Movement (MPD) before it was dissolved and replaced with Popular Unity (UP) in 2014.[2]
The Workers' Party of Ecuador split from the PCMLE in 1996.
Ideology
The party adheres to anti-revisionist Marxism–Leninism and strongly supports the ideology of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Enver Hoxha and Che Guevara.[3][4]
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.[5] The GCP committed three mail bombing attacks between 1997-2000,[6][7] 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.[8][9]
See also
References
- ^ "International Conference of Marxist Leninist Parties and Organizations". CIPOML Official Homepage. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ Redacción (2014-08-04). "El CNE ratifica la eliminación del Prian, PRE, MPD y Ruptura". www.ecuavisa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-09.
- ^ PCMLE. Solo la revolución es cambio: ¿Qué es y por qué lucha el PCMLE?. Quito: Ediciones Revolucionarias del Ecuador, 1989.
- ^ "Los procesos electorales y la acción de los comunistas – Semanario En Marcha". www.pcmle.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ Schmid, Alex Peter, ed. (2011). The Routledge handbook of terrorism research. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-41157-8.
- ^ "Incident Summary for GTDID: 200002160003". www.start.umd.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Incident Summary for GTDID: 199709280004". www.start.umd.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "CeDeMA". cedema.org. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Varias evidencias detallan actividades subversivas de detenidos en Operativo Sol Rojo – Ministerio de Gobierno". www.ministeriodegobierno.gob.ec. Retrieved 2024-04-29.