Cuban Communist party

See also: Communist party

The cuban Communist party or PCC (in Spanish Partido communista of Cuba ) is a Political party Communiste Cuba in formally founded in 1965. Of obédiance Marxist, it directs the country since its creation and is sole party there. Fidel Castro is the general secretary since his foundation. He is member of COPPPAL.

History

The first Communist party of Cuba is formed in 1920 and was member of the Comintern. It is later famous Popular Socialist party for electoral reasons. Its policy was dictated by Moscow. In July 1961, two years after the cuban Revolution, the integrated revolutionary Organization (ORI), is created following the fusion of the Mouvement of July 26th of Fidel Castro, of the popular Socialist party and the revolutionary Directory of May 13rd. March 26th, 1962, the ORI becomes the unified Party of the cuban socialist revolution (PURSC), which becomes finally, on October 3rd, 1965, the cuban Communist party (PCC). The Communist party remains the only legal political party in Cuba.

During the first ten years of its existence, the Communist party is inactive outside its Political office. The hundred people of the central committee seldom gathers and they are only ten years after its foundation which the party holds its first Congrès. In 1969, the members of the party account for 0,6% of the population, by making the Communist party having, in proportion, less members of the world. In the Seventies, the party starts to develop. Since its first congress, in 1975, the party reached the 200.000 members, the political office meets regularly and the political apparatus has in the company the part usually played by the other Communist parties. In 1980, the party reaches 430.000 members, then 520.000 in 1985.

Structure

The cuban Communist party holds its first congress in 1975, and the following into 1980,1986,1991 and 1997. The major bodies of the party are the Political office and the secretariat until the fusion of both in 1991 in an political office of more than twenty members. There is also a central committee which gathers between the Congresses. With the fifth Congress of the party, the number of members of the central committee is tiny room to 150 per report/ratio 225 initial. Fidel Castro is the first secretary of the party since her formation and Raùl Castro is the second secretary of the party. The party has 780.000 members at the time of the last Congress of the Party in 1997 and is composed of 32,1% of workers, 13,8% technicians, 8,2% professors and 7,5% of employees of the tertiary sector. The party comprises also an youth organization called UJC.

Ideology

Compared with the other Communist parties of the time such as the Communist party of Vietnam, the Communist party of China and the Party Popular revolutionist of Laos, the cuban Communist party applies strictly the tradition Marxist-Leninist and follows the Soviet model .

Publication

  • Granma is the press agency of the PCC
  • Juventud Rebelde is him the press agency of cuban Communist youths.

See also

Internal bonds

External bonds

  • Official site of the PCC (in Spanish)

  • Site of the Granma newspaper, press agency of the PCC

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