JCE graffiti in Cuenca

Communist Party of Ecuador (in Spanish: Partido Comunista del Ecuador) is a political party in Ecuador. It was formed in 1925 as the Socialist Party. The party publishes El Pueblo, the general secretary is Gustavo Iturralde and the youth wing of the PCE is the Juventud Comunista del Ecuador (JCE). Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 720 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo taken by me I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 720 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo taken by me I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms... Political parties in Ecuador lists political parties in this country. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After its foundation PCE gradually gained in importance; in 1944 the PCE won fifteen out of eighty-five seats in the National Assembly and had one of its members appointed minister of education. The first female MP of the country, Nela Martínez, belonged to the party. In 1946 the government outlawed the PCE and jailed many of its members. The PCE was legalized during the 1948-52 term of President Galo Plaza Lasso, but was banned again when the military junta held power in 1963-1966. Galo Plaza Lasso (1906 – 1987) was an Ecuadorian political figure. ...

In 1964 PCE suffered a major split. The pro-China minority constituted the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (PCMLE). 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (in Spanish: Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista del Ecuador) is a political party in Ecuador, founded August 1, 1964, following a split from the Communist Party of Ecuador. ...

Later PCE was a legally constituted political party, although it had only an estimated 500 members in 1988. The PCE participated in congressional and presidential elections as part of the coalition of the Broad Left Front (Frente Amplio de Izquierda - FADI), which gained thirteen seats in Congress in 1986.

The main strength of PCE is its trade union work. PCE plays a leading role in the Confederation of Ecuadorian Workers (Confederación de Trabajadores del Ecuador - CTE). A trade union or labor union is a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment. ...

External links

• (Russian)Brief Outline of Communist Party of Ecuador

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