Communist Party of Nicaragua
Communist Party of Nicaragua Partido Comunista de Nicaragua | |
---|---|
Far-left | |
The Communist Party of Nicaragua (
abbr. PCdeN or PCN) is a communist party in Nicaragua. Founded as the Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Obrero Socialista) in 1967, the core founding members were Juan Lorio, Augusto Lorío, Elí Altamirano (who later served as the party's secretary general[1]) and Manuel Pérez Estrada, who all had been expelled from the Nicaraguan Socialist Party
on 23 April 1967.
The party adopted its current name on 13 December 1970.
The PCdeN was a member of the U.S.-funded
Sandinista government in the 1990 general election
.
See also
References
Citations
- ^ Robinson & Norsworthy 1985, p. 96.
Sources
Books
- Casanova Fuertes, Rafael (2013). Bordes ocultos: El entretejido de nuestra historia: ensayos y artículos sobre la historia de Nicaragua (in Spanish). Managua, Nicaragua. ISBN 978-9-99-640204-3.)
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
Journal articles
- Robinson, William I.; Norsworthy, Kent (1985). "Elections and U.S. Intervention in Nicaragua". Latin American Perspectives. 12 (2): 83–110. S2CID 143604581.
Further reading
- Altamirano, Elí (15 September 2008). "La situación revolucionaria". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Managua, Nicaragua. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
{{cite news}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)