Salvadoran Communist Party

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The Salvadoran Communist Party was a Marxist-Leninist political organization in El Salvador that played a central role in leftist movements and uprisings throughout the 20th century.

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instanceOf Marxist–Leninist organization
communist party
political party
abbreviation PCS
activeDuring 20th century
afterDissolution its militants continued in FMLN
bannedBy Salvadoran military governments
country El Salvador
dissolved 1995
foundedBy Alfonso Luna
Farabundo Martí
Mario Zapata
Miguel Mármol
Modesto Ramírez
goal overthrow of oligarchic rule in El Salvador
socialist revolution in El Salvador
headquartersLocation San Salvador
ideology Marxism–Leninism
communism
inception 1930
influencedBy Soviet Union
international communist movement
joined Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
languageOfName Spanish
legalStatus illegal for much of its existence
memberOf international communist movement
mergedInto Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
nativeLabel Partido Comunista de El Salvador
notableMember Farabundo Martí
Jorge Schafik Hándal
Miguel Mármol
Salvador Cayetano Carpio
Schafik Hándal
operatingStatus clandestine organization for long periods
opposedTo military dictatorship in El Salvador
right-wing authoritarian regimes in El Salvador
participatedIn 1932 Salvadoran peasant uprising
Salvadoran Civil War
partOf Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
politicalPosition far-left
positionInPoliticalSpectrum left-wing
regionServed El Salvador
repressionExperienced extrajudicial killings
forced exile of members
mass arrests
usedMethod armed struggle
clandestine political organization
peasant mobilization
trade union organizing

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Farabundo Martí memberOf Salvadoran Communist Party
Communist Party of El Salvador armed wing partOf Communist Party of El Salvador
linked to: Salvadoran Communist Party
Communist Party of El Salvador armed wing militaryWingOf Communist Party of El Salvador
linked to: Salvadoran Communist Party
Salvadoran peasant uprising of 1932 organizer Communist Party of El Salvador
linked to: Salvadoran Communist Party
Roque Dalton memberOf Partido Comunista Salvadoreño
linked to: Salvadoran Communist Party
PCES guerrilla forces armedWingOf Salvadoran Communist Party
PCES guerrilla forces armedWingOf Partido Comunista de El Salvador
linked to: Salvadoran Communist Party
PCES guerrilla forces associatedOrganization Salvadoran Communist Party
Salvadoran Communist Party nativeLabel Partido Comunista de El Salvador
linked to: Salvadoran Communist Party