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Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador is a Hoxhaist political party in Ecuador, founded August 1, 1964, following a split from the Communist Party of Ecuador....
(affiliated with the ICMLPO-U&S
International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle)
The International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations is an international network of Hoxhaist Communist parties that uphold the line of Enver Hoxha and the Albanian Party of Labour...
) and a political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
since 1978.
At the legislative elections of 20 October 2002
Ecuadorian general election, 2002
Presidential and Parliamentary elections were held in Ecuador on 20 October 2002.-Presidential election:Lucio Gutiérrez won the first round of voting, but did not receive over 50% of ballots, necessitating a second round...
, the party won at least 3 out of 100 seats. It again won 3 seats at the 2006 elections
Ecuadorian general election, 2006
On 15 October 2006, Ecuador held a general election. The voters stood to elect a new President, a new National Congress, as well as other positions....
, where its Presidential candidate Luis Villacis came in 9th place with 1.33% of the vote. In the 2009 National Assembly elections
Ecuadorian general election, 2009
An early general election was held on 26 April 2009 in Ecuador following the approval of a new constitution in a referendum held on 28 September 2008. President Rafael Correa ran for his first term under the new constitution...
it won 5 out of 124 seats with 4.05% of the vote.
Within 26 years of its founding, the MPD reached 29 national and provincial deputies, a prefect, 33 provincial councilors, 21 mayors and council chairmen, 285 councilors, and 313 parish council members.
The principles of the party can be summarized in its slogan: the "conquest of a popular government, patriotic, democratic, and revolutionary that resolutely applies its program and lays the groundwork for the conquest of socialism."
The MPD is a party with union presence and plays a leading role in the organization of strikes and the politicization of state educational entities through its participation in the National Union of Educators. This has brought it success within the trade unions.
From 9 to July 13, 2007, the MPD and PCMLE jointly organized the XI International Seminar's "Problems of Revolution in Latin America," which was attended by, in addition to the MPD and PCMLE, organizations like the FARC, the Popular Liberation Army of Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front
Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front
The Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front , also known as El Frente Patriótico, or simply El Frente, is a left-wing urban guerrilla movement in Chile, named for a figure in Chile's independence movement, Manuel Rodríguez. The group was founded on September 14, 1983 as an armed resistance against the...
of Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, the Communist Party of Peru - Red Fatherland
Communist Party of Peru - Red Fatherland
Communist Party of Peru - Red Fatherland is a political party in Peru founded in 1970, through a split in the Peruvian Communist Party - Red Flag. It is led by Alberto Moreno, Jorge Hurtado Pozo and Rolando Breña.In 1980 it participated in the general elections on the lists of UNIR...
, and several other organizations in Ecuador, including the Revolutionary Youth of Ecuador, the Federation of University Students of Ecuador, the General Workers Union of Ecuador, and the United Federation of Affiliates for Peasant Social Security.
MPD publishes Patria Nueva.