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The History of the Portuguese Communist Party (Portuguese: Partido Comunista Português, pron. IPA: [pɐɾ.'ti.ðu ku.mu.'niʃ.tɐ puɾ.tu.'ɣeʃ] or PCP), spans a period of more than 85 years, since its foundation in 1921 as the Portuguese section of the Communist International (Comintern) to the present. The Party is still an active force within Portuguese society. Look up pronunciation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... The first edition of Communist International, journal of the Comintern published in Moscow and Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) in May 1919. ... The Comintern (Russian: ÐšÐ¾Ð¼Ð¼ÑƒÐ½Ð¸ÑÑ‚Ð¸Ñ‡ÐµÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ Ð˜Ð½Ñ‚ÐµÑ€Ð½Ð°Ñ†Ð¸Ð¾Ð½Ð°Ð», Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional â€“ Communist International, also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organization founded in March 1919, in the midst of the war communism period (1918-1921), by Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including...

After its foundation, the party experienced little time as a legal party before it was forced underground after a military coup in 1926. After some years of internal reorganization, that adapted the PCP to its new clandestine condition and enlarged its base of support, the Party became a force in the opposition to the dictatorial regime ^[1] led by António de Oliveira Salazar, despite being brutally suppressed several times during the 48 years of resistance and having spent several years with little connection with the Comintern and the World Communist Movement.^[2] Manuel Gomes da Costa The 28th May 1926 coup dÃ©tat, sometimes called 28th May Revolution or, during the period of Estado Novo, National Revolution (Portuguese: RevoluÃ§Ã£o Nacional), was a military action that put an end to the unstable Portuguese First Republic and initiated the Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship... There have been two regimes known as Estado Novo (meaning New State): Estado Novo (Brazil) Estado Novo (Portugal) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Doutor AntÃ³nio de Oliveira Salazar (April 28, 1889â€”July 27, 1970) was the President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal (Prime Minister) and the de facto dictator of the Portuguese Republic from 1932 to 1968. ... The Comintern (Russian: ÐšÐ¾Ð¼Ð¼ÑƒÐ½Ð¸ÑÑ‚Ð¸Ñ‡ÐµÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ Ð˜Ð½Ñ‚ÐµÑ€Ð½Ð°Ñ†Ð¸Ð¾Ð½Ð°Ð», Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional â€“ Communist International, also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organization founded in March 1919, in the midst of the war communism period (1918-1921), by Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

After the end of the dictatorship, with the Carnation Revolution in 1974, the party became a major political force within the new democratic regime, mainly among the working class. Despite being less influential since the fall of the Socialist bloc in eastern Europe, it still enjoys popularity in vast sectors of Portuguese society, particularly in the rural areas of the Alentejo and Ribatejo, and also in the heavily industrialized areas around Lisbon and Setúbal, where it holds the leadership of several municipalities.^[3] The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese, RevoluÃ§Ã£o dos Cravos) was an almost bloodless, left-leaning, military-led revolution started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, that effectively changed the Portuguese regime from an authoritarian dictatorship to a liberal democracy after a two-year process of a Left-wing semi-military... A map of the Eastern Bloc. ... Eastern Europe is the eastern region of Europe variably defined. ... NUTS II Alentejo region. ... Ancient province of Ribatejo The Ribatejo is the most central region of Portugal, with no coastline or border with Spain. ... Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. Lisbon Grande Lisboa Lisbon Mayor - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ... Coat of Arms SetÃºbal is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 172. ...

Origins and Foundation of the Party

At the end of World War I, in 1918, Portugal fell into a serious economic crisis, in part due to the Portuguese military intervention in the war. The military involvement led to an abrupt rise in inflation and unemployment. The Portuguese working classes responded to the deterioration in their living standards with a vast wave of strikes. Supported by an emerging Labour movement, the workers achieved some of their objectives, such as the historic victory of an eight-hour working day.^[4] Download high resolution version (427x652, 73 KB)Frontpage of O Comunista edition July 15 of 1923. ... Download high resolution version (427x652, 73 KB)Frontpage of O Comunista edition July 15 of 1923. ... July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom France Italy Russia United States Serbia Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Conrad von HÃ¶tzendorf Ä°smail Enver Ferdinand... Monumento aos mortos da Primeira Guerra Mundial in Coimbra, Portugal Despite its old alliance with Britain, Portugal did not form a part of the system of alliances which became enemies in World War I and thus kept its neutrality during the first years of war. ... Eight-hour day banner, Melbourne, 1856 The Eight-hour day movement, also known as the Short-time movement, had its origins in the Industrial Revolution in Britain, where industrial production in large factories transformed working life and imposed long hours and poor working conditions. ...

In September of 1919, the working class movement founded the first Portuguese Labour Union Confederation, the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) that saw a steady increase to 100,000 members in few months. But the feeling of political powerlessness, due to the lack of a coherent political strategy among the Portuguese working class, plus the growing popularity of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia in 1917, led to the foundation of the Portuguese Maximalist Federation (FMP) in 1919. The goal of FMP was to promote socialist and revolutionary ideas and to organize and develop the worker movement. The FMP started publishing the weekly Bandeira Vermelha (Red Flag) which became a popular newspaper among the Portuguese working classes.^[4] The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ... The Portuguese Maximalist Federation (Portuguese: FederaÃ§Ã£o Maximalista Portuguesa or FMP) was a revolutionary movement founded in 1918 in Portugal. ...

After some time members of the FMP started to feel the need for a "revolutionary vanguard" among Portuguese workers. After several meetings at various Labor Union offices, and with the aid of the Comintern, this desire culminated in the foundation of the Portuguese Communist Party as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International (Comintern), in March 6 of 1921. Soon after, the Party's first youth organization, the Communist Youths (Portuguese: Juventudes Comunistas) was created. The Comintern (Russian: ÐšÐ¾Ð¼Ð¼ÑƒÐ½Ð¸ÑÑ‚Ð¸Ñ‡ÐµÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ Ð˜Ð½Ñ‚ÐµÑ€Ð½Ð°Ñ†Ð¸Ð¾Ð½Ð°Ð», Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional â€“ Communist International, also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organization founded in March 1919, in the midst of the war communism period (1918-1921), by Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ...

Unlike virtually all other European Communist Parties, the PCP was not formed after a split of a Social Democratic or Socialist Party, but from the ranks of Anarcho-Syndicalism and revolutionary syndicalism. Both of these groups, at the time, were the most active factions of the Portuguese labor movement.^[4] The Party opened its first headquarters in the Arco do Marquês do Alegrete Street in Lisbon. In the same year, 1921, it also opened the Communist Centers of Porto, Évora and Beja. Seven months after its creation, the first issue of O Comunista (The Communist), the first newspaper of the Party, was published.^[4] Anarcho-syndicalism is a branch of anarchism which focuses on the labor movement, Syndicalisme is a French word meaning trade unionism hence the syndicalism qualification. ... Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. Lisbon Grande Lisboa Lisbon Mayor - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ... Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. Norte Grande Porto Porto Mayor - Party Rui Rio PSD Area 41. ... District or region Ã‰vora Mayor - Party Ernesto Oliveira PS Area 1,307. ... Beja can refer to: The Beja people, an ethnic group in the Horn of Africa The Beja language Beja, Portugal Béja, Tunisia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The first congress of the Party took place in Lisbon in November 1923, with Carlos Rates leading the Party. The theses of the congress had previously been published in O Comunista and discussed by all the local organizations. The congress was attended by about a hundred members of the Party and asserted its solidarity with Socialism in the Soviet Union and the need for a strong struggle for similar policies in Portugal; it also stated that a Fascist uprising in Portugal was a serious threat to the Party and to the country.^[5] JosÃ© Carlos Rates was one of the first General Secretaries of the Portuguese Communist Party, a few years after the Partys foundation in 1921. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ...

Outlawing of the Party and the clandestine struggle

From the 1926 military coup to the Reorganization of 40

After the military coup of May 28, 1926, the Party was outlawed, and had to operate in secrecy. By coincidence, the coup was carried out on the eve of the second congress, forcing the suspension of the tasks. In 1927 the Party's Main Office was closed. The Party was first reorganized in 1929 under Bento Gonçalves. Adapting the Party to its new illegal status, the reorganization created a net of clandestine cells to avoid a wave of detentions.^[6] Image File history File links Bento GonÃ§alves, the ideological founder of the Portuguese Communist Party. ... Image File history File links Bento GonÃ§alves, the ideological founder of the Portuguese Communist Party. ... Manuel Gomes da Costa The 28th May 1926 coup dÃ©tat, sometimes called 28th May Revolution or, during the period of Estado Novo, National Revolution (Portuguese: RevoluÃ§Ã£o Nacional), was a military action that put an end to the unstable Portuguese First Republic and initiated the Ditadura Nacional (National Dictatorship... Bento GonÃ§alves (1902 - 1942) Bento AntÃ³nio GonÃ§alves (1902-1942) was one of the first Secretary Generals of the Portuguese Communist Party, he was born in Montalegre, near BraganÃ§a, in the North of Portugal. ...

The reorganization of 1929 made the Party more effective and influential, especially among the labour movement. However, with the rise of Salazar's dictatorial Estado Novo regime, in 1933, suppression of the party grew. The strikes and the creation of new labour unions were made illegal in September of 1933 with the existing unions being forced to adopt the new corporativist rules.^[7] This would greatly limit the Party's pull among the working classes. This, along with ideological struggles between marxist and anarcho-syndicalist factions and the conflicts with the Comintern, would lead to a new decline in the Party's action in the late 1930s. Meanwhile, in 1931, the first number of Avante! was published. Despite its illegal status, the newspaper would become the most important publication of the Party, being distributed among clandestine members. However, due to the constant assaults of the clandestine printing offices, the newspaper would not become widely available until the 1940s.^[8] Doutor AntÃ³nio de Oliveira Salazar (April 28, 1889â€”July 27, 1970) was the President of the Council of Ministers of Portugal (Prime Minister) and the de facto dictator of the Portuguese Republic from 1932 to 1968. ... There have been two regimes known as Estado Novo (meaning New State): Estado Novo (Brazil) Estado Novo (Portugal) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Historically, corporatism or corporativism (Italian corporativismo) is a political system in which legislative power is given to civic assemblies that represent economic, industrial, agrarian, and professional groups. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... Anarcho-syndicalist flag. ... Avante! (Forward!) is the official newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party. ...

Despite the growing repression against the communists, that included the obligation of all civil servant to sign an anticommunist statement, the Party still managed to influence riots and demonstrations. In 1934, following the closure of the free labour unions, several riots and strikes started, the most notable of them in Marinha Grande. There, in January 18, the workers, led by José Gregório, António Guerra and other Party members, controlled the entire town and only a massive intervention by the military would end the riot. In 1936, the Party's influence inside the navy led to a mutiny in several ships, 10 of them were killed and another 60 were sent to Tarrafal. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Marinha Grande is a city in Portugal with a population of 30,000 inhabitants. ... There are parishes that have the name Tarrafal in Cape Verde: Tarrafal was also a Portuguese concentration camp before the war. ...

Also in 1936, the Spanish Civil War began. Despite some appeals from the Communist Party of Spain and the Comintern for the members of the Party to enlist, the fragilized structure of the late 1930s never allowed it to send a reasonable force. Nonetheless, an estimated 1,000 Portuguese fought against the Francoist forces, integrated the Republican ranks.^[9] Combatants Spanish Republic CNT-FAI UGT POUM Soviet Union International Brigades Spanish State Falangists Carlists Fascist Italy Nazi Germany Commanders Manuel AzaÃ±a Francisco Largo Caballero Juan NegrÃn Francisco Franco Casualties Civilians killed/wounded = hundreds of thousands The Spanish Civil War, which lasted from July 17, 1936 to April... PCE symbol The Communist Party of Spain (Partido Comunista de EspaÃ±a or PCE) is the third largest political party of Spain. ... The Comintern (Russian: ÐšÐ¾Ð¼Ð¼ÑƒÐ½Ð¸ÑÑ‚Ð¸Ñ‡ÐµÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ Ð˜Ð½Ñ‚ÐµÑ€Ð½Ð°Ñ†Ð¸Ð¾Ð½Ð°Ð», Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional â€“ Communist International, also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organization founded in March 1919, in the midst of the war communism period (1918-1921), by Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including... Generalísimo Francisco Franco, caudillo de España por la gracia de Dios Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade (December 4, 1892 - November 20, 1975), abbreviated Francisco Franco Bahamonde and sometimes known as Generalísimo Francisco Franco, was dictator of Spain from 1939 until... Flag of the Second Spanish Republic This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In the late 1930s, many members were arrested, tortured, and executed. Many were sent to the Tarrafal concentration camp in the Cape Verde Islands. This included Bento Gonçalves, who died there. The vast wave of arrests in the previous years led to the announcement of the definitive end of the PCP by the government, which, along with a growing confidence in the German victory in WWII, led to the liberation of several communist prisoners from Tarrafal and other prisons in November of 1940,^[10] among them, Álvaro Cunhal, Militão Ribeiro and Júlio Fogaça. The release of important cadres, combined with the internal dissatisfaction about the decline of the Party influenced a major reorganization in 1940–41, named the Reorganization of 40.^[11] There are parishes that have the name Tarrafal in Cape Verde: Tarrafal was also a Portuguese concentration camp before the war. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... Cunhal in his youth Ãlvaro Cunhal in 1998 Ãlvaros Funeral in Lisbon Ãlvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal, (10 November 1913 - 13 June 2005), Portuguese politician, was secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) from 1961 to 1992. ...

Meanwhile, in 1938, the Portuguese Communist Party had been expelled from the Communist International. The reason for the expulsion was a sense of distrust inside the Comintern, caused by a sudden breakdown in the Party's activity, accusations of alleged embezzlement of money carried out by some important members of the Party and, mainly, the weak internal structure of the Party, dominated by internal wars. The action against the PCP, signed by Georgi Dimitrov, was in part taken due to some persecution against Comintern member parties or persons (like the Communist Party of Poland or Béla Kun) led by Stalin. These series of events would, in part, lead to the end of the Comintern in 1943. The PCP would only re-establish its relations with the Communist movement and the Soviet Union in 1947, after some sporadic contacts made, at first, through the Communist parties of Spain and France and later through Mikhail Suslov.^[2] The Comintern (Russian: ÐšÐ¾Ð¼Ð¼ÑƒÐ½Ð¸ÑÑ‚Ð¸Ñ‡ÐµÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ Ð˜Ð½Ñ‚ÐµÑ€Ð½Ð°Ñ†Ð¸Ð¾Ð½Ð°Ð», Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional â€“ Communist International, also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organization founded in March 1919, in the midst of the war communism period (1918-1921), by Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including... Georgi Dimitrov Georgi Mikhailov Dimitrov (Ð“ÐµÐ¾Ñ€Ð³Ð¸ ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð² Ð”Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¾Ð², also known as Ð“ÐµÐ¾Ñ€Ð³Ð¸Ð¹ ÐœÐ¸Ñ…Ð°Ð¹Ð»Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð”Ð¸Ð¼Ð¸Ñ‚Ñ€Ð¾Ð²- Georgiy Mikhailovich Dimitrov) (June 18, 1882, Kovachevtsi, Pernik Province - July 2, 1949, Moscow) was a Bulgarian Communist leader. ... This article is about the 1918-1938 Communist Party of Poland. ... BÃ©la Kun BÃ©la Kun (born BÃ©la Kohn) (February 20, 1886, in SzilÃ¡gycseh, today Cehu Silvaniei, Transylvania, Romaniaâ€“probably in 1938 or 1939, in the Soviet Union) was a Hungarian Communist politician, who ruled Hungary for a brief time in 1919. ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვი&#4314... Mikhail Suslov. ...

The 3rd congress (the first one after the reorganization) was held in 1943, and stated that the Party should unite with all those who also wanted the end of the dictatorship. Another important conclusion was the need to increase of the Party's influence inside the Portuguese army. For the first time ever, the Party was able to build a strong clandestine organization, with a net of clandestine cadres, which would make the Party the foundation of the Portuguese resistance against the regime.^[12] These improvements in the Party's structure led to the creation of the first national platform of democratic organizations, the Movement of National Antifascist Unity (MUNAF), in December of 1943. In 1944, the Portuguese support of the German war effort created severe shortages of food and goods, greatly decreasing Portugal's living standards.^[13] The situation led to waves of strikes, greatly influenced by the Party, in the regions of Lisbon, Ribatejo and Alentejo.^[14] By this time, with the reorganized structure successfully avoiding the persecutions, the Avante! was being published at least once per month, stating the Party's support to the popular turmoil.^[8] For other uses of the term, see Cadre (disambiguation). ... Participants in World War II involves all nations who either participated directly or were affected by any of the theatres or events of World War II. // Alliances World Map with the participants in World War II. The Allies depicted in green (those in light green entered after the Attack on... Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. Lisbon Grande Lisboa Lisbon Mayor - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ... Ancient province of Ribatejo The Ribatejo is the most central region of Portugal, with no coastline or border with Spain. ... NUTS II Alentejo region. ...

Post-war and the Movement of Democratic Unity

In 1945, with a whole new international community created by the defeat of the major fascist regimes in World War II, Salazar was forced to make some superficial democratic changes in order to raise Portugal's image in the eyes of its western allies. In October of that year, the democratic resistance was authorized to form a platform, which was named Movement of Democratic Unity (Portuguese: Movimento de Unidade Democrática, or MUD). Initially, the MUD was controlled by the moderate opposition, but soon became strongly influenced by the PCP that controlled its youth wing.^[15] Among the leadership of the youth wing were several communists, including Octávio Pato, Salgado Zenha, Mário Soares, Júlio Pomar and Mário Sacramento. ^[16] This influence led to the MUD being made illegal by the government in 1948, after several waves of suppression. Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Axis Powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000,000 Total dead... The Movement of Democratic Unity (Portuguese: Movimento de Unidade DemocrÃ¡tica or MUD) was a quasi-legal platform of Portuguese democratic organizations that opposed the dictatorial regime of AntÃ³nio Oliveira Salazar and was founded in October of 1945. ... OctÃ¡vio Pato, (1925 - 1999) was an influent Portuguese politician, member of the Portuguese Communist Party. ... Francisco Salgado Zenha Francisco Salgado Zenha (1923 - 1993) was a Portuguese left-wing politician and lawyer, as a student, he was elected president of the Academic Association of Coimbra, being dismissed some months after because he refused to participate in an demonstration of support to the Fascist regime. ... MÃ¡rio Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (pron. ... MÃ¡rio Sacramento in a sticker of the Portuguese Communist Party MÃ¡rio EmÃlio de Morais Sacramento or just MÃ¡rio Sacramento (July 7, 1930 - March 27, 1969) was a Portuguese doctor and essayist that became famous for his Anti-fascist activities against the dictatorial regime led by Oliveira...

The fourth congress, held in July 1946, pointed to massive popular struggle as the only way to overthrow the regime, and stated the policies that would help the Party lead that popular movement. This, along with the improvement of the Party's clandestine action, was the main focus of the congress. A brief report of the conclusions of this congress was published by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. For the first time since the Party had been expelled from the Comintern, the CPSU published info about the PCP, a slight change in the Soviet stance on the Party. At this time, Álvaro Cunhal travelled to Yugoslavia with the aid of Bento de Jesus Caraça in order to improve the relations with the Socialist Bloc. Later, in 1948, he travelled to Soviet Union in order to speak with Mikhail Suslov, after the ties between the PCP and the International Communist Movement were re-established.^[2] Soon after returning from Soviet Union, Cunhal was arrested by the political police. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: ÐšÐ¾Ð¼Ð¼ÑƒÐ½Ð¸ÑÑ‚Ð¸ÌÑ‡ÐµÑÐºÐ°Ñ ÐŸÐ°ÌÑ€Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ Ð¡Ð¾Ð²ÐµÌÑ‚ÑÐºÐ¾Ð³Ð¾ Ð¡Ð¾ÑŽÌÐ·Ð° = ÐšÐŸÐ¡Ð¡) was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party from 1952 to 1991, but the wording Communist Party was present in the partys name since 1918 when the Bolsheviks became the All... Cunhal in his youth Ãlvaro Cunhal in 1998 Ãlvaros Funeral in Lisbon Ãlvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal, (10 November 1913 - 13 June 2005), Portuguese politician, was secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) from 1961 to 1992. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all South Slavic languages, ÐˆÑƒÐ³Ð¾ÑÐ»Ð°Ð²Ð¸Ñ˜Ð° in Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic) is a term used for the three separate political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ... Bento de Jesus CaraÃ§a (April 18, 1901 - June 25, 1948) was an influent Portuguese mathematician, economist and statistician. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

In 1951, after the death of the president António Carmona, the government, continuing the policy of staging democratic changes, called for an election. The Party, along with other sectors of the opposition, supported the mathematician Ruy Luís Gomes, who would be declared ineligible five days before the election.^[17] During the campaign, some supporters of his candidacy had been imprisoned and Gomes himself had been beaten in the Rio Tinto. Following these events, the other oppositionist candidate, Quintão Meireles, abandoned the elections and the official candidate, Craveiro Lopes, was elected unchallenged.^[18] Ruy LuÃs Gomes (1905-1984) was a Portuguese mathematician. ... Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes (1894 - 1964) was a Portuguese marshal and political figure. ...

Portuguese Colonial War and last years of the regime

In 1954, a harvest-worker named Catarina Eufémia was murdered by a lieutenant of the Guarda Nacional Republicana after attempting to ask her supervisor for a pay raise. Catarina became a martyr of the Party's struggle for better living conditions for the peasants in Alentejo. After the Carnation Revolution, the Party erected a monument to Catarina in her hometown, Baleizão. Postcard, claiming freedom to Álvaro Cunhal and to all portuguese political prisoners. ... Postcard, claiming freedom to Álvaro Cunhal and to all portuguese political prisoners. ... Cunhal in his youth Ãlvaro Cunhal in 1998 Ãlvaros Funeral in Lisbon Ãlvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal, (10 November 1913 - 13 June 2005), Portuguese politician, was secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) from 1961 to 1992. ... The Republican National Guard (GNR - Guarda Nacional Republicana) is a Portuguese military organization, whose soldiers, unlike the officers of the Public Safety Police (PSP), are subject to military law and organization. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... NUTS II Alentejo region. ...

The fifth congress, held in September 1957, was the first and the only to be held outside Portugal. In Kiev, Soviet Union, the Party approved its first program and statutes, revealing an increase of the Party's organic stability. The congress took, for the first time, an official position on Colonialism, stating that all people had the right to self-determination, and made clear its support of the liberation movements in the Portuguese colonies, such as MPLA in Angola, FRELIMO in Mozambique and PAIGC in Guinea-Bissau. This was the first congress in the Party's history to receive salutations from foreign communist parties.^[19] Location Map of Ukraine with Kyiv highlighted. ... See colony and colonisation for examples of colonialism which do not refer to Western colonialism. ... The MPLA flag The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (Movimiento Popular de Libertação de Angola) is an Angolan political party that has ruled the country since independence in 1975. ... The Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO, pronounced fray-LEE-moo; Portuguese: Frente de Libertação de Moçambique) is a political party that has ruled Mozambique since independence in 1975. ... The African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Portuguese: Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde), or PAIGC, was an organisation founed in Portuguese Guinea (today Guinea-Bissau) by the Marxist Amílcar Cabral in 1956, with the aim of achieving independence for Cape...

In 1958, the government announced that a presidential election would be held; however, as in the previous elections, the opposition groups had little trust in the fairness of the electoral act. The candidate supported by the Party, Arlindo Vicente, left the race and supported Humberto Delgado, who was gathering support from several democratic groups. Despite a massive campaign with a major rally in Porto, attended by 200,000 people,^[20] the government's candidate, Américo Tomás, won the election through massive election fraud.^[21] Delgado would later be assassinated by the PIDE. Humberto da Silva Delgado (15 May 1906 in Torres Novas - 13 March 1965 near Olivenza) was a Portuguese general and politician. ... AmÃ©rico de Deus Rodrigues TomÃ¡s, also spelled AmÃ©rico Thomaz (November 19, 1894 - September 18, 1987). ... Electoral fraud is the deliberate interference with the process of an election. ... The Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado or PIDE (literally, International and State Defense Police), was the main tool of repression used by the Portuguese Fascist regime, the Estado Novo. ...

In January 1960, a remarkable event in the Party's history occurred: A group of ten PCP members managed to escape from the high-security prison in Peniche.^[1] The escape returned to freedom many top figures of the Party, among them, Álvaro Cunhal, who would be elected in the following year the first Secretary-general in nineteen years. Among the escapees was also Jaime Serra, who would help to organize a secret commando group, the Armed Revolutionary Action (Portuguese: Acção Revolucionária Armada or ARA.) The ARA was the armed branch of the PCP that would be responsible in the early 1970s for some military action against the dictatorial regime.^[22] Peniche is a city in Portugal, with approximately 10,000 inhabitants. ... Cunhal in his youth Ãlvaro Cunhal in 1998 Ãlvaros Funeral in Lisbon Ãlvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal, (10 November 1913 - 13 June 2005), Portuguese politician, was secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) from 1961 to 1992. ... Jaime JosÃ© Serra Puche (b. ...

In 1961 the Colonial War in Africa began, first in Angola, and in the next year in Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau. The war lasted 13 years and devastated Portuguese society, forcing many thousands of Portuguese citizens, mainly young people, to leave the country seeking a better future in countries like France, Germany or Switzerland, and also to escape conscription. The Party, which had been involved in the formation of the nationalist guerrilla movements along with the Soviet Union, immediately stated its opposition to the war, and political support of the anti-colonial movements. The war initiated a process of decline of the regime as it caused a growing unrest inside Portuguese society.^[23] Combatants Portugal Angola: MPLA, UNITA, FNLA Guinea-Bissau: PAIGC Mozambique: FRELIMO Strength ? ? Casualties ? ? The Portuguese Colonial War (1961-1974), also known there as Ultramar War (Ultramar meaning overseas) was the result of Portuguese military reaction to the nationalist movements and armed rebellions that emerged in Portugals African colonies. ...

In 1962 the "Academic Crisis" occurred. The Portuguese regime, fearing the growing popularity of democratic ideas among the students, carried out the boycott and censure of several student associations and organizations, including the important National Secretariat of Portuguese Students. Most members of this organization were intellectual communist militants that were persecuted and forbidden to continue their university studies.^[24] The students, with strong aid from the PCP, responded with demonstrations that culminated on March 24 with a huge student demonstration in Lisbon. The demonstration was brutally suppressed by the shock police, leading to hundreds of student injuries.^[25] Immediately thereafter, the students began a strike that became an important point in the resistance against the regime. In 1987, the 24th of March was declared the National Day of the Students by the Portuguese parliament, which is celebrated every year, mainly by university students. A Portuguese student being beaten by the police during the Academic Crisis of 1962 In 1962, the Portuguese fascist regime, fearing the growing popularity of democratic ideas among the students, carried out the boycott and enclosure of several student associations and organizations, including the important National Secretariat of Portuguese Students. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in leap years). ... Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. Lisbon Grande Lisboa Lisbon Mayor - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ...

The sixth congress in 1965 became one of the most important congresses in the Party's history. Álvaro Cunhal, elected General-secretary in 1961, released the report The Path to Victory—The tasks of the Party in the National and Democratic Revolution which became a document of major influence within the democratic movement.^[19] Widely distributed among the clandestine members, it contained eight political goals, such as "the end of the monopolies in the economy," "the need for agrarian reform and redistribution of the land," and "the democratization of access to culture and education" — policies that the Party considered essential to make Portugal a fully democratic country. By this time, the Sino-Soviet split and the criticisms of maoism made during the congress caused the maoist members to leave the Party. The Sino-Soviet split was a major diplomatic conflict between the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), beginning in the late 1950s, reaching a peak in 1969 and continuing in various ways until the late 1980s. ... Maoism or Mao Zedong Thought (Chinese: æ¯›æ³½ä¸œæ€æƒ³, pinyin: MÃ¡o ZÃ©dÅng SÄ«xiÇŽng), is a variant of Marxism-Leninism derived from the teachings of the Chinese communist Mao Zedong. ...

In 1970, the Armed Revolutionary Action made its first attack, sabotaging the Cunene, a ship used to transport supplies for the troops in Africa. The ARA would keep attacking political and military targets of the regime until August of 1972. Some of its major attacks included an attack to the school of the political police, the PIDE, the bombing of the Niassa ship, the destruction of several war helicopters in the Tancos air base, the bombing of the cultural center of the United States embassy and an attack to the regional NATO command in Oeiras.^[22] The Polícia Internacional e de Defesa do Estado or PIDE (literally, International and State Defense Police), was the main tool of repression used by the Portuguese Fascist regime, the Estado Novo. ... Municipality Vila Nova da Barquinha Area 1. ... Joint Command Lisbon or JC Lisbon is one of the three main subdivisions of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. ... District Lisbon Mayor - Party Isaltino Morais Independant Area 45. ...

In 1972, the Communist Students League, the first organized youth wing in several years, was founded. It would later become the Portuguese Communist Youth. Communist Students League (in (Portuguese: UniÃ£o dos Estudantes Comunistas) was the student wing of the Portuguese Communist Party. ... The Portuguese Communist Youth (Portuguese: Juventude Comunista Portuguesa or JCP) is the youth organization of the Portuguese Communist Party. ...

Following several years of turmoil, due the prolonged war and by the growing unrest caused by the lack of liberties, the regime fell. On April 25, 1974, the Carnation Revolution occurred, putting an end to 48 years of resistance and marking the beginning of a new cycle in the Party's life. April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese, RevoluÃ§Ã£o dos Cravos) was an almost bloodless, left-leaning, military-led revolution started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, that effectively changed the Portuguese regime from an authoritarian dictatorship to a liberal democracy after a two-year process of a Left-wing semi-military...

Carnation Revolution of 1974 and the first years of Democracy

Revolutionary period

Immediately after the revolution, basic democratic rights were re-established in Portugal. On April 27, the political prisoners were freed, including a large number of imprisoned Party cadres. On April 30, Álvaro Cunhal returned to Lisbon, where he was received by thousands of people. May 1st was commemorated for the first time in 48 years, and an estimated half million people gathered in the FNAT Stadium (now May 1st Stadium) in Lisbon to hear the speeches of the Party's leader Álvaro Cunhal and the socialist Mário Soares.^[26] On May 17, the Party's newspaper, Avante!, produced the first legal issue of its history. Frontpage of the first legal number of Avante!. May 17 of 1974. ... Frontpage of the first legal number of Avante!. May 17 of 1974. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... Cunhal in his youth Ãlvaro Cunhal in 1998 Ãlvaros Funeral in Lisbon Ãlvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal, (10 November 1913 - 13 June 2005), Portuguese politician, was secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) from 1961 to 1992. ... Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. Lisbon Grande Lisboa Lisbon Mayor - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ... MÃ¡rio Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (pron. ... Avante! (Forward!) is the official newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party. ...

The following months were marked by radical changes in the country, always closely followed and supported by the PCP. Several parties were created. The major political and military leaders for the former regime were exiled or dismissed. A process to give independence to the colonies started with the full support of the Party and, within one year, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe would become independent countries. By that time, the Party was holding several rallies per week. A good part of the Party's political proposals were being met. A major struggle of the Party was assuring the unity of all labour unions inside the General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers, which was opposed by the Socialists and the Social Democrats. The Party also criticized the growing interference by NATO in the revolutionary process, which was supported by the Socialists and by the right-wing.^[27] The General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers (Portuguese: Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses or CGTP) is the biggest trade union federation of Portugal. ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation[1] (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on 4 April 1949. ...

Six months after the Revolution, on October of 1974, the Party's seventh congress took place. More than a thousand delegates and hundreds of Portuguese and foreign guests attended.^[19] The congress set forth important statements that discussed the ongoing revolution in the country. The 36 members of the elected Central Committee had spent more than 300 years in jail.^[11]

On January 12, 1975, the Portuguese Communist Party became the first legally recognized party, after the opening of the legalizing process by the Supreme Court of Justice. Meanwhile, the revolutionary process continued. On March 11, 1975, the left-wing military forces defeated a coup attempt perpetrated by the right wing military connected to the former regime.^[27] This resulted in a turn of the revolutionary process to the political left, with the main sectors of the economy, such as the banks, transportation, steel mills, mines and communications companies, being nationalized. This was done under the lead of Vasco Gonçalves, a member of the military wing who supported the Party and who had become prime minister after the first provisional government resigned. The Party then asserted its complete support for these changes and for the Agrarian Reform process that implemented collectivization of the agricultural sector and the land in a region called the Zone of Intervention of the Agrarian Reform or ZIRA, which included the land south of the Tagus River.^[27] The Party took the lead of that process and drove it according to the Party's program, organizing many thousands of peasants into cooperatives. That, combined with the Party's strong clandestine organization and support of the peasants' movement during the preceding years in that region, made the southern regions of Portugal the major stronghold of the PCP. January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice is the highest court of law in Portugal and is without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the Portuguese Constitutional Court. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... General Vasco dos Santos GonÃ§alves (pron. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Land reform (also agrarian reform although that can have a broader meaning) is the government-initiated or government-backed redistribution of â€” i. ... View over Tejo River from São Jorge Castle in Lisbon (June 2002). ...

One year after the revolution, the first democratic elections took place to elect the parliament that would write a new Constitution to replace the Constitution of 1933. The Party achieved 12.52% of the voting and elected 30 MPs. In the summer of 1975 the revolutionary process reached its climax, and the government of Vasco Gonçalves, influenced by the left, was under attack from the Socialist Party and the right-wing. Several rallies and demonstrations both in support of and against the government were being held. During the summer, several Party offices were attacked, pillaged or set on fire. On July 19 a major rally organized by the Socialists against the Party was held in Lisbon. In August, nine influential military officers (the Group of 9) issued a document against Vasco Gonçalves and the Movement of the Armed Forces.^[27] In the following months the tension continued between the PCP and the moderated parties. In September, Gonçalves was replaced by Pinheiro de Azevedo. The divisions inside the military were growing, and, in November 25, a coup attempt by the radical left was thwarted by the right wing military. In the aftermath, the Party was attacked by the remaining forces, but a notable speech by Melo Antunes, a member of the Group of 9, asserted the importance of the PCP inside the Portuguese democratic regime.^[28] General Vasco dos Santos GonÃ§alves (pron. ... JosÃ© Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo (1917-1983) was a Portuguese vice-admiral and prime-minister, from 1975 to 1976. ...

In the following months the attacks against Party offices continued with a lower intensity, however. In 1976, the building of the current democratic regime was starting and, in April 2, the new democratic Constitution, which included several references to "Socialism" and a "Classless Society", was approved with the Party's support. On April 25, the second democratic election was carried out and the Party raised its share of the vote to 14.56% and 40 MPs.^[29] In June, the first democratic presidential election was held and the Party's candidate, Octávio Pato, garnered 7.5% of the votes. The winner of the election was Ramalho Eanes, an officer of the moderate military wing. The Portuguese legislative election of 1976 took place on April 25, exactly one year after the previous election, and two years after the Carnation Revolution. ... Most voted candidate per district (Azores and Madeira not shown) Registed voters: 6,467,480 Turnout: 75. ... OctÃ¡vio Pato, (1925 - 1999) was an influent Portuguese politician, member of the Portuguese Communist Party. ... António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes (born in Alcains, Castelo Branco, 1935) was a Portuguese general and political figure. ...

In that same year the first Avante! Festival took place. The festival would become a major political and cultural event in Portugal and is still held yearly, as of 2006. The eighth congress was held in Lisbon from November 11-14. The congress mainly stated the need to continue the quest for Socialism in Portugal and the need to defend the achievements of the Revolution against what the Party considered to be a political step backward, led by a coalition of the Socialist Party and the right-wing Centro Democrático Social, who were opposed to the Agrarian Reform process.^[30] In December, in the first local election, the Party, in coalition with the Portuguese Democratic Movement and the People's Socialist Front, attained 18% of the vote, electing 37 mayors. Every year, in the first weekend of September (since 1976) takes part a gigantic festival, the Avante! Festival (Portuguese: Festa do Avante!) named after the official newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party. ... The Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Socialista, pron. ... The Democratic Social Center / Peoples Party (Portuguese: Centro DemocrÃ¡tico Social / Partido Popular or CDS/PP) is a Portuguese political party. ... The Portuguese local election of 1979 took place on December 12. ... The Portuguese Democratic Movement / Democratic Electoral Commissions (Portuguese: Movimento DemocrÃ¡tico PortuguÃªs / ComissÃµes DemocrÃ¡ticas Eleitorais or MDP/CDE or just MDP) was one of the most important organizations of the democratic opposition to the Portuguese Fascist Regime. ...

Late 1970s and early 1980s

In 1979, the Party carried out its ninth congress, which analyzed the state of the post-revolutionary Portugal, right-wing politics and the Party's struggles to keep the nationalized economy.^[19] In December 1979, an extra legislative election took place after a wave of political turmoil forced the government to fall. The Party formed the United People Alliance, in coalition with the Portuguese Democratic Movement and increased its vote to 18.96% and 47 MPs. The election was won by a right-wing coalition, led by Francisco Sá Carneiro, which immediately started a policy that the Party considered to be contrary to working-class interests. In the same year, local elections were held and the Party gathered 20.5% of the vote and elected 50 mayors, also as part of the United People Alliance. In November of 1979, the Communist Students League merged with the Young Communist League to form the Portuguese Communist Youth, which is still the Party's youth organization. Poster celebrating the 10th anniversary of the portuguese revolution of 1974, featuring the revolutions symbol, a carnation. ... Poster celebrating the 10th anniversary of the portuguese revolution of 1974, featuring the revolutions symbol, a carnation. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 1979 took place on December 2. ... United People Alliance symbol United People Alliance (Portuguese: AlianÃ§a Povo Unido or APU), was an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party or PCP and the Portuguese Democratic Movement or MDP. The coalition was formed for the first time in 1979 in order to run to the... The Portuguese Democratic Movement / Democratic Electoral Commissions (Portuguese: Movimento DemocrÃ¡tico PortuguÃªs / ComissÃµes DemocrÃ¡ticas Eleitorais or MDP/CDE or just MDP) was one of the most important organizations of the democratic opposition to the Portuguese Fascist Regime. ... Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de SÃ¡ Carneiro (Oporto July 19, 1934 - Camarate December 4, 1980), was Prime Minister of Portugal for eleven months in 1980. ... The Portuguese local election of 1979 took place on December 16. ... Communist Students League (in (Portuguese: UniÃ£o dos Estudantes Comunistas) was the student wing of the Portuguese Communist Party. ... The Young Communist League was or is the name used by the youth wing of various Communist parties around the world such as the Young Communist League in Britain and the Young Communist League, USA. In the Soviet Union the youth organization under control of the Communist Party of the... The Portuguese Communist Youth (Portuguese: Juventude Comunista Portuguesa or JCP) is the youth organization of the Portuguese Communist Party. ...

In 1980, a new election was called and the Party dropped to 41 seats. Also in 1980, in the presidential election, the Party's candidate left the race and supported Ramalho Eanes. In the local elections of 1982 the UPA secured the leadership of 55 municipalities, achieving its best result ever, with 20.7% of the vote. National summary of votes and seats The first and the second most voted parties in each district (Azores and Madeira are not shown) Registered Voters: 7,179,023 Turnout: 83. ... Most voted candidate per district (Azores and Madeira not shown) Registered Voters: 6,920,869 Turnout: 84. ... António dos Santos Ramalho Eanes (born in Alcains, Castelo Branco, 1935) was a Portuguese general and political figure. ...

After the sudden death of Sá Carneiro in an airplane crash in 1980, the political instability returned and the right-wing coalition government disintegrated in 1983. In the subsequent legislative election, the Party achieved 44 MPs and 18.20% of the vote as part of the APU in the 1983 elections. The election was won by the Socialists that formed a grand coalition with the Social Democrats. Also in 1983 the Party held the tenth congress that again criticized what it saw as the dangers of right-wing politics.^[19] In 1985, a new election was called, prompted by the unstable balance of forces inside the grand coalition and Cavaco Silva led the Social Democrats to a narrow victory, the Party initiated its electoral decline, gathering only 15.5% of the voting. The Portuguese legislative election of 1983 took place on April 25. ... A grand coalition is a coalition government in a parliamentary system where political parties representing a vast majority of the parliament unite in a coalition. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 1985 took place on October 6. ... Aníbal António Cavaco Silva (born at Boliqueime in Loulé municipality in the Algarve region, on July 15, 1939) was Portugal from November 6, 1985 to October 28, 1995. ...

In 1986, the surprising climb of the socialist Mário Soares, who reached the second round in the presidential election defeating the Party's candidate, Salgado Zenha, made the Party call an extra Congress. The eleventh congress was called with only two weeks' notice, in order to decide whether or not to support Soares against Freitas do Amaral.^[19] Soares was supported, and he won by a slight margin. Had he not been supported by the PCP he would have lost. The Congress was considered a success, despite being prepared with such short notice. In 1987, after the fall of Cavaco Silva's government, another election took place. The Party, now in coalition with the Ecologist Party "The Greens" (PEV) and with the Democratic Intervention (ID), a political association, in the Unitarian Democratic Coalition (CDU) saw an electoral decline to 12.18% and 31 MPs. In the election, Cavaco Silva consolidated his power with an absolute majority. MÃ¡rio Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (pron. ... Most voted candidate per district (Azores and Madeira not shown) - 1st round Registered Voters: 7,617,257 Turnout: 75. ... Francisco Salgado Zenha Francisco Salgado Zenha (1923 - 1993) was a Portuguese left-wing politician and lawyer, as a student, he was elected president of the Academic Association of Coimbra, being dismissed some months after because he refused to participate in an demonstration of support to the Fascist regime. ... Diogo Pinto de Freitas do Amaral (b. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 1987 took place on July 19. ... The Ecologist Party The Greens (Portuguese: Partido Ecologista Os Verdes or PEV) is a Portuguese green party, member of the European Greens and a founding member of the European Federation of Green Parties. ... The Democratic Intervention (Portuguese: Intervenção Democrática or ID) is a Portuguese left-wing political association founded in order to promote and defend Socialist ideas in Portugal. ... CDU logo The Unitarian Democratic Coalition (Portuguese: Coligação Democrática Unitária or CDU) is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party (Portuguese: Partido Comunista Português or PCP) and the Ecologist Party The Greens (Portuguese: Partido Ecologista Os Verdes or PEV). ...

From the end of the Socialist Bloc to the present

Portuguese Communist Party sticker claiming: 150 years after the Communist Manifesto, here we are! This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Portuguese Communist Party sticker claiming: 150 years after the Communist Manifesto, here we are! This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Malayalam editon of the Manifesto The Communist Manifesto, also known as The Manifesto of the Communist Party, first published on February 21, 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, is one of the worlds most historically influential political tracts. ... Download high resolution version (462x640, 34 KB)CDU sticker, coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party and the Portuguese Green Party. ... Download high resolution version (462x640, 34 KB)CDU sticker, coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party and the Portuguese Green Party. ... CDU logo The Unitarian Democratic Coalition (Portuguese: Coligação Democrática Unitária or CDU) is an electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party (Portuguese: Partido Comunista Português or PCP) and the Ecologist Party The Greens (Portuguese: Partido Ecologista Os Verdes or PEV). ... Image File history File links Funeralcunhal2. ... Image File history File links Funeralcunhal2. ... Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. Lisbon Grande Lisboa Lisbon Mayor - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ...

From the late 1980s until 1991

In 1988 another congress took place, the twelfth, held in Porto, in which more than 2,000 delegates participated. The congress analyzed the evolution of the political situation in Eastern Europe and also the right wing policies carried out by the government of Cavaco Silva. A new statutes and a program were put forth, with the new program being titled, "Portugal, an Advanced Democracy for the 21st Century".^[31] The program, which is still the Party's program (as of 2006), traced five major objectives to the Party's struggle: a free democratic regime, based on the citizens' participation, an economic development based on a mixed economy at the service of the people, a social policy capable of assuring the rise of the country's living standards, culture available to everyone, and an independent and sovereign Portugal, pursuing peaceful relations with all countries and peoples.^[32] Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. Norte Grande Porto Porto Mayor - Party Rui Rio PSD Area 41. ... Aníbal António Cavaco Silva (born at Boliqueime in Loulé municipality in the Algarve region, on July 15, 1939) was Portugal from November 6, 1985 to October 28, 1995. ... Participatory democracy is a broadly inclusive term for many kinds of consultative decision making which require consultation on important decisions by those who will carry out the decision. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A mixed economy is an economy that has a mix of economic systems. ... Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme political (e. ...

At the end of the 1980s, the Socialist Bloc of Eastern Europe started to disintegrate and the Party faced new challenges. With many members leaving, the Party called an extra congress for May 1990, in Loures. There, the majority of the more than 2,000 delegates decided to continue the Party's "revolutionary way to Socialism", clashing with what many other communist parties around the world were doing, by keeping its Marxist-Leninist guidelines. The congress asserted that socialism in the Soviet Union had failed, but a unique historical experience, several social changes and several achievements by the labour movement had been influenced by the Socialist Bloc. Álvaro Cunhal was re-elected General Secretary and Carlos Carvalhas was elected Assistant General Secretary.^[33] During the Cold War, the Eastern Bloc (or Soviet Bloc) comprised the following Central and Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Albania (until the early 1960s, see below), the Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia. ... Coat of Arms Loures is a municipality (concelho) to the north of Lisbon. ... Vladimir Lenin in 1920 Leninism is a political and economic theory which builds upon Marxism; it is a branch of Marxism (and it has been the dominant branch of Marxism in the world since the 1920s). ... The labour movement (or labor movement) is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments. ... Carlos Alberto do Vale Gomes Carvalhas (born in São Pedro do Sul, November 9, 1941) is a Portuguese politician and the Secretary-General of the Portuguese Communist Party since 1992. ...

From the 13th Congress to the present

In the legislative election of 1991 the Party won 8.84% of the national vote and 17 MPs, continuing its electoral decline. The Party's candidate to the presidential election of the same year, Carlos Carvalhas, finished 3rd, after gathering 12.5% of the votes. The Portuguese legislative election of 1991 took place on October 6. ... Most voted candidate per district (Azores and Madeira not shown) Registered Voters: 8,202,812 Turnout: 62. ... Carlos Alberto do Vale Gomes Carvalhas (born in São Pedro do Sul, November 9, 1941) is a Portuguese politician and the Secretary-General of the Portuguese Communist Party since 1992. ...

The fourteenth congress took place in 1992 and Carlos Carvalhas was elected the new General Secretary, replacing Álvaro Cunhal. The Congress analyzed the whole new international situation created by the disappearance of the Soviet Union and the defeat of Socialism in Eastern Europe. The Party also outlined measres intended to put Cavaco Silva and the right-wing government on its way out, which occurred shortly thereafter. In 1995 the right-wing Social Democratic Party was replaced in the government by the Socialist Party after the October legislative election, in which the Party received 8.61% of the votes. Meanwhile, in the European election of 1994, the Party elected 3 MEPs, gathering 11.2% of the voting. AnÃbal AntÃ³nio Cavaco Silva (pron. ... The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata, pron. ... The Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Socialista, pron. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 1995 took place on October 1. ... The elections to the European Parliament of 1994 were held in Portugal on June 12. ...

In December 1996 the fifteenth congress was held, this time in Porto, with more than 1,600 delegates participating. The congress criticized the right-wing policies of the Socialist government of António Guterres and also debated the future of the Party following the debacle of the Socialist Bloc. During the first government of Guterres, the first referendum to the abortion law was held in Portugal. Despite a massive campaign from the Party and the remaining leftwing forces, the liberalization of abortion was rejected by the voters.^[34] Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. Norte Grande Porto Porto Mayor - Party Rui Rio PSD Area 41. ... AntÃ³nio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres (pron. ... In June of 1998 a referendum on a new abortion law was carried out in Portugal, it was the first national referendum in the Portuguese history. ...

In the subsequent local elections the Party continued to decline, but in the legislative election of 1999 the Party increased its voting percentage for the first time in many years. The sixteenth congress was held in December of 2000 and Carlos Carvalhas was re-elected General Secretary. In the legislative election of 2002, held after the resignation of the socialist Prime-Minister António Guterres, the Party achieved its lowest voting result ever, with only 7.0% of the votes. The right-wing returned to power with a coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the People's Party. The new government introduced several changes in the labour laws that triggered the first general strike in many years, in November of 2002. With the strong support of the Party and of the CGTP, hundreds of thousands of workers participated in the strike.^[35]^[36] The Portuguese legislative election of 1999 took place on October 10. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 2002 took place on March 17. ... AntÃ³nio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres (pron. ... A general strike is a strike action by an entire labour force in a city, region or country. ...

In the following European election of 2004, the CDU managed to keep its two MEPs, after claiming 9.1% of the vote. The two members of the European Parliament, Ilda Figueiredo and Pedro Guerreiro sit in the European United Left - Nordic Green Left group. Elections to the European Parliament were held in Portugal on June 13, 2004. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... Ilda Figueiredo is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Portuguese Communist Party; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group. ... Pedro Miguel Neves Guerreiro is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Portuguese Communist Party; part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left group. ... GUE-NGL logo The European United Leftâ€“Nordic Green Left is a socialist and communist political grouping within the European Parliament. ...

The most recent Congress, the seventeenth, in November of 2004, elected Jerónimo de Sousa, a former metallurgical worker, as the new General Secretary and analyzed the political situation since the last congress in 2000. It also reaffirmed the program adopted in the 12th Congress. Minor changes in the statutes, such as considering the official website as the Party's official press or adapting the voting methods to the new laws that made voting by showing hands illegal, were also introduced.^[37] In January of 2005, the right-wing majority in the parliament was dissolved and a new legislative election was held. The Party raised its share of the vote and is now represented in the parliament by 12 MPs of 230, after receiving about 430,000 votes. JerÃ³nimo de Sousa (born 13 April 1947 in Santa Iria de AzÃ³ia) is a Portuguese politician and current secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), elected in 2004. ... The Portuguese legislative election of 2005 took place on February 20. ...

Álvaro Cunhal died on June 13, 2005 after being away from the public eye for several years. Two days later, 250,000 people gathered in Lisbon to attend to his funeral, one of the largest funerals in Portuguese history.^[38]^[39] Cunhal in his youth Ãlvaro Cunhal in 1998 Ãlvaros Funeral in Lisbon Ãlvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal, (10 November 1913 - 13 June 2005), Portuguese politician, was secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) from 1961 to 1992. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After the last local election, in 2005, in which the Party regained the presidency of 7 municipalities, the Portuguese Communist Party holds the leadership of 32 (of 308) municipalities, most of them in Alentejo and Setúbal, and has leadership of hundreds of civil parishes, and local assembly members. The local administration of the PCP often concerns itself with issues such as preventing privatization of the water supply, funding culture and education, providing access to sports and promoting health, facilitating participatory democracy and preventing corruption.^[32] The presence of the Greens in the coalition also keeps an eye on environmental issues such as recycling and water treatment. NUTS II Alentejo region. ... The District of SetÃºbal (pron. ... Participatory democracy is a broadly inclusive term for many kinds of consultative decision making which require consultation on important decisions by those who will carry out the decision. ... The Recycling symbol. ...

The Party's work still follows the program set forth by "Advanced Democracy for the 21st Century". Issues like the decriminalization of abortion, workers rights, the increasing fees for the Health Service and Education, the erosion of the social safety net, low salaries and pensions, imperialism and war, and solidarity with other countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Cuba and the Basque Country are constant concerns in the Party's agenda.^[32] The labor movement (or labour movement) is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments. ... ... Map of the British Mandate of Palestine. ... Capital Vitoria-Gasteiz Official languages Basque and Spanish Area â€“ Total â€“ % of Spain Ranked 14th 7 234 kmÂ² 1,4% Population â€“ Total (2005) â€“ % of Spain â€“ Density Ranked 7th 2 124 846 4,9% 293,73/kmÂ² Demonym â€“ English â€“ Spanish â€“ Basque Basque vasco/a euskal herritar, euskaldun GDP GDP/CÃ¡pita 30. ...

Notes and references

^ ^a ^b Cunhal, Álvaro (1997). O caminho para o derrubamento do fascismo. Edições Avante!. ISBN 972-550-262-0
^ ^a ^b ^c Rosas, Fernando (dir.) (1997). Revista História (History Magazine) - Number 28 (New Series)
^ Câmaras Municipais de Presidência CDU, Portuguese Communist Party, URL accessed 20 June 2006
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Como nasceu o Partido Comunista Português, Portuguese Communist Party, URL accessed 20 June 2006
^ Vasconcelos, José Carlos de (dir.). (1982) Revista História (History Magazine) - Number 47
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