Red Flag Party

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Red Flag Party
Partido Bandera Roja
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left
National affiliationDemocratic Alliance
Colours  Red
National Assembly
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Website
banderaroja.com.ve

The Red Flag Party (

counter-insurgency force—the Manuel Cedeño Mountain Infantry Battalion, headquartered in Barinas and Cumaná. In 1976, under the presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez
it was tasked with suppressing the guerrilla insurgency staged by the party.

The Red Flag Party is currently led by Gabriel Rafael Puerta Aponte. After the

Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela
.

In the 2006 presidential election, the Red Flag Party supported the candidature of Manuel Rosales. The party got 18,468 votes (0.16% of the nationwide vote) in that election as one of several parties backing Rosales.[1] As of 2009, its popularity has rapidly diminished from its prior years and is reported to have less than 100 militant members. In 2014, the party left the Democratic Unity Table due to disagreements over objectives and not considering the coalition capable of placing itself on the forefront of people's struggles.[2]

Youth wing

The youth wing of the party is the Revolutionary Youth Union (UJR).

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References

  1. ^ "Elección Presidencial - 3 de Diciembre de 2006". Archived from the original on 6 December 2006. Retrieved 4 December 2006.
  2. ^ Noticia al Dia (ed.). "Bandera Roja se separa de la MUD". Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.