Partido Comunista de Chile
Leader	Guillermo Tellier
Founded	June 4, 1912 (POS) January 2, 1922 (PCCh)
Headquarters	Vickuña Mackenna 31 Santiago
Political ideology	Communism
International affiliation	Sao Paulo Forum
Website	http://www.pcchile.cl/

The Communist Party of Chile YOU MOTHERFUCKING COMMUNISTS GO TO HELL! (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Chile) is a Chilean political party that advocates communism. It was founded in 1912, as the Partido Obrero Socialista (Socialist Workers Party) by journalist and intellectual Luis Emilio Recabarren. Image File history File links Chileancp_logo. ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The snowcapped Andes above downtown Santiago Santiago (Spanish:  ) is Chiles capital and largest city. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Foro de São Paulo (FSP, São Paulo Forum) is a congress of left-wing political parties, idealized by President Fidel Castro of Cuba and Luis Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil located in Latin America. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

It achieved congressional representation shortly thereafter and played a leading role in the development of the Chilean labor movement. Closely tied to the Soviet Union and the Third International, the PCCh participated in the Popular Front (Frente Popular) government of 1938, growing rapidly among the unionized working class in the 1940s. Concern over the PCCh's success at building a strong electoral base, combined with the onset of the Cold War, led to its being outlawed in 1948, a status it had to endure for almost a decade until 1958 when it was again legalized. By the 1960's, the party had become a veritable political subculture, with its own symbols and organizations and the support of prominent artists and intellectuals such as Pablo Neruda, the Nobel Prize-winning poet, and Violeta Parra, the songwriter and folk artist [1]. The term Third International has two well-established meanings: For the unabridged dictionary, see Websters Third New International Dictionary. ... Popular Fronts comprise broad coalitions of political and other groups, often made up of oppositioners or left wingers, and often united against particularly stringent circumstances. ... For other uses, please see Cold War (disambiguation). ... Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name of the Chilean writer and communist politician Ricardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. ... Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (October 14, 1917 – February 5, 1967) was a notable Chilean folklorist and visual artist. ...

It later came to power along with the Socialist Party in the Unidad Popular ("Popular Unity") coalition in 1970, but was outlawed again following the 1973 coup d'état that deposed President Salvador Allende. During this time, Communist Party members set up a guerrilla organization, the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front. With the restoration of democracy and the election of a new president in 1990, the Communist Party of Chile was legalized again. The Socialist Party of Chile (Spanish: Partido Socialista de Chile or PS) is a political party in Chile, and part of the ruling Coalition of Parties for Democracy coalition. ... Popular Unity (Spanish: Unidad Popular or UP) was the coalition of Chilean political parties that coalesced behind the successful candidacy of Salvador Allende for the 1970 Chilean presidential election. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Prisoners outside the La Moneda Palace after their surrender during the coup (1973). ... The President of Chile is both the chief of state and the head of government. ... Salvador Isabelino del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Allende Gossens[1] (July 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was President of Chile from November 1970 until his removal from power and death on September 11, 1973. ... Look up guerrilla in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (Spanish: Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez) (FPMR) is a Communist guerrilla organization in Chile, named for a figure in Chiles independence movement, Manuel Rodríguez. ... This article is about the year. ...

As part of the Popular Unity coalition the PCCh advocated a broad alliance, however it swung sharply to the left after the 1973 coup, regretting the failure to issue arms to the working class and pursuing an armed struggle against Pinochet's regime. Since the restoration of democracy it has acted independently of its previous partners.

Notable members have included:

• Víctor Jara – theatre director and musician tortured and killed during Pinochet's rule.
• David Silberman – General Manager of Chuqui Copper mine during the Popular Unity Government - disappeared.
• Gladys Marín – party leader until her death in 2005.
• Pablo Neruda – Nobel prize-winning poet.
• Violeta Parra – composer and musician, artist.
• Volodia Teitelboim – lawyer and author.
• Luis Corvalán – educator and former Secretary-General.
• Francisco Coloane – novelist

In the 1999/2000 presidential elections the party supported the late Gladys Marín Millie for the national presidential elections. She won 3.2 % of the vote in the first round. At the last legislative elections, 16 december 2001, the party won 5.2 % of the popular vote, but as a result of Chile's anomalous binomial electoral rules, no seats. The small but significant support of the PCCh is believed to have aided in the electoral victories of former socialist president Ricardo Lagos in the 2000 elections, and in the more recent victory of Chile's first female president, the socialist Michelle Bachelet in January 2006, both whom won in competitive second round runoffs. Víctor Jara Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez (September 28, 1932 – September 15, 1973) was a Chilean educator, theatre director, poet, folk singer/songwriter, and political activist. ... General Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte1 (born November 25, 1915) was head of the military government that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. ... Gladys Marín (right) and Fidel Castro Gladys Marín Millie (16 July 1941 – 6 March 2005) was a Chilean activist and political figure. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name of the Chilean writer and communist politician Ricardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. ... Nobel Prize medal. ... Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (October 14, 1917 – February 5, 1967) was a notable Chilean folklorist and visual artist. ... Volodia Teitelboim Volosky is a Chilean-Jewish lawyer, politician and literary figure, born in the city of Chillan on 17th of March, 1916. ... Luis Alberto Corvalán Castillo (born September 14, 1916 in Puerto Montt, Chile) is a former Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Chile and Chilean politician. ... Francisco Coloane (b 1910 - d 2002) Chilean author of novels and short fiction. ... Gladys Marín (right) and Fidel Castro Gladys del Carmen Marín Millie (16 July 1941 – 6 March 2005) was a Chilean activist and political figure. ... A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Elections in Chile gives information on election and election results in Chile. ... Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (born March 2, 1938) is a lawyer, economist and Socialist politician, and the president of Chile since 2000. ... Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (born September 29, 1951) is the current President of Chile, the first woman to hold this position in the countrys history. ...

See also

• Popular Unity
• Co-ordinating Committee of Communist Parties in Britain
• Juntos Podemos Más

Peoples Unity, or Popular Unity (Spanish: Unidad Popular or UP) was the coalition of Chilean political parties that coalesced behind the successful candidacy of Salvador Allende for the 1970 Chilean presidential election. ... The Coordinating Committee of Communist Parties in Britain is a bureau within the CPB which meets with overseas communist parties that have memberships in Britain. ... Juntos Podemos Más logo Juntos Podemos Más (Spanish literal: Together we can do more, Podemos is an acronym of Poder Democrático Social, Spanish for Social Democratic Power) is a political coalition created in 2003, consisting of two legally constituted political parties, the Communist Party of Chile and...

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