Communist Party of Chile

Communist Party of Chile

Partido Comunista de Chile
Communist Party of Chile Partido Comunista de Chile
President	Lautaro Carmona Soto
Secretary-General	Bárbara Figueroa [es]
Chief of Deputies	Boris Barrera
Founded	4 June 1912; 112 years ago
Headquarters	Vicuña Mackenna 31; Santiago
Newspaper	El Siglo
Youth wing	Communist Youth of Chile
Membership (2023)	46,031
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism; Left-wing populism;
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
National affiliation	Chile Digno (since 2020); Government Alliance (since 2022) Formerly: Revolutionary Convention (1912–1921) ; Revolutionary Movement (1921–1924) ; Socialist-Republican Covenant (1925–1930) ; Popular Front (1937–1941) ; Democratic Alliance (1942–1947) ; People's National Front (1951–1956) ; Popular Action Front (1956–1969) ; Popular Unity (1969–1981) ; People's Democratic Movement (1983–1987) ; Juntos Podemos Más (2003–2011) ; New Majority (2013–2018) ; Unity for Change (2019–2020) ; Apruebo Dignidad (2021–2023) ;
Regional affiliation	São Paulo Forum
International affiliation	IMCWP; Comintern (1922–1943);
Colours	Red; Yellow;
Chamber of Deputies	10 / 155
Senate	2 / 50
Party flag
Website
	www.pcchile.cl
	Politics of Chile; Political parties; Elections;

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.

^ "Total de afiliados a partidos políticos". Servicio Electoral de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
^ Córdoba, Andrea Aguilar (14 December 2020). "Izquierda radical y populista en Chile, ¿realidad o especulación de Piñera?". Anadolu Agency (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "Historia Política". bcn.cl. 2020.
^ Sanders, Philip (24 May 2021). "Communist Contender Vaults Atop New Poll of Chile's Presidential Race". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ Cristóbal Rovira: "El Partido Republicano no es de extrema derecha; es derecha populista radical" Revista Pauta. October 31, 2021. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
^ "Communist and Workers' Parties". SolidNet. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

[1] "Total de afiliados a partidos políticos". Servicio Electoral de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 February 2023.

[2] Córdoba, Andrea Aguilar (14 December 2020). "Izquierda radical y populista en Chile, ¿realidad o especulación de Piñera?". Anadolu Agency (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[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.

[Pauta2021-5] Cristóbal Rovira: "El Partido Republicano no es de extrema derecha; es derecha populista radical" Revista Pauta. October 31, 2021. Retrieved November 25, 2021.

[Communist_and_Workers'_Parties-6] "Communist and Workers' Parties". SolidNet. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

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