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The Communist Party of Bolivia (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Bolivia) is a communist party in Bolivia. It was founded in 1950 by Raúl Ruiz González and other former members of the Revolutionary Left Party (PIR). It remained small and did not hold its first national party congress until 1959.

It soon entered the labor movement and was included in the leadership of the Central Obrera Boliviana and the FSTMB during the 1960s. However, it remained a minority force in most unions. The Sino-Soviet split further weakened the PCB. In 1964, Ruiz González and others broke away to form the pro-China Communist Party of Bolivia (Marxist–Leninist).

At the time, the U.S. State Department estimated the party membership to be approximately 6,500.

In 1966, the Cuban-based revolutionary Che Guevara planned to initiate a guerrilla war against René Barrientos, Bolivia's military dictator. The PCB initially pledged its support, but became suspicious of Guevara when he arrived. The party did not participate in Guevara's campaign. Instead, Guevara formed a separate organization, the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional).

When democracy was restored in Bolivia in the 1980s, the PCB remained a minor party. In 2003 it lost its designation as a recognized political party.

The PCB publishes Unidad (Unity).

As of 2019, Ignacio Mendoza served as the first secretary of the party.

General Secretaries

• Simón Reyes Rivera (1950–c. 1967)
• Mario Monje Molina, nicknamed "Estanislao" (c. 1967–c. 1970)
• Jorge Kolle Cueto (c. 1970–1981)
• Marcos Domich Ruiz (1985–2003)
• Ignacio Mendoza Pizarro (2003–2008)

References

1. "20 IMCWP, Participants List". SolidNet. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
2. "Palestine Declaration: From the river, to the sea, Palestine will be free!". World Anti-Imperialist Platform. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
3. Benjamin, Roger W.; Kautsky, John H.. Communism and Economic Development, in The American Political Science Review, Vol. 62, No. 1. (Mar., 1968), pp. 122.
4. Agencia Cubana de Noticias. Partido Comunista de Bolivia rechaza acciones de EE.UU. contra Cuba

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Legislative caucuses	Movement for Socialism Civic Community Creemos
National parties	Bolivian National Action Christian Democratic Front for Victory Movement for Socialism Nationalist Democratic Action National Unity Front Revolutionary Left Front Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Social Democratic Movement Solidarity Civic Unity Third System Movement
Defunct major parties	Constitutional Conservative Liberal Republican Genuine Republican Nationalist United Socialist Republican Socialist Unity Authentic Revolutionary Popular Christian Movement Left-wing Revolutionary Nationalist Movement Revolutionary Left Movement Conscience of Fatherland New Republican Force
Defunct major alliances	Socialist Single Front Concordance Front of the Bolivian Revolution Democratic and Popular Union National Civic Union Revolutionary Nationalist Left Revolutionary Nationalist Movement–Alliance Patriotic Accord Social Democratic Power National Convergence Democratic Unity

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