Communist Party of Chile

Communist Party of Chile
Partido Comunista de Chile
PresidentLautaro Carmona Soto
Secretary-GeneralBárbara Figueroa [es]
Chief of DeputiesBoris Barrera
Founded4 June 1912; 112 years ago (1912-06-04)
HeadquartersVicuña Mackenna 31
Santiago
NewspaperEl Siglo
Youth wingCommunist Youth of Chile
Membership (2023)46,031[1]
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing[3] to far-left[4][5]
National affiliationChile Digno (since 2020)
Government Alliance (since 2022)
Formerly:
Regional affiliationSão Paulo Forum
International affiliation
Colours
  •   Red
  •   Yellow
Chamber of Deputies
10 / 155
Senate
2 / 50
Party flag
Website
www.pcchile.cl Edit this at Wikidata

The Communist Party of Chile (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Chile, PCCh) is a communist party in Chile. It was founded in 1912 as the Socialist Workers' Party (Partido Obrero Socialista) and adopted its current name in 1922. The party established a youth wing, the Communist Youth of Chile (Juventudes Comunistas de Chile, JJ.CC), in 1932.

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  3. ^ "Historia Política". bcn.cl. 2020.
  4. ^ Sanders, Philip (24 May 2021). "Communist Contender Vaults Atop New Poll of Chile's Presidential Race". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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