Socialist Workers Party (Peru)
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Socialist Workers Party (in Spanish
: Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores, or PST) is a trotskyist
political party
in Peru
founded in 1971 by a group of dissidents of the Revolutionary Left Front (FIR). The group was led by Hugo Blanco
and Enrique Fernández Chacón.
In 1978, PST founded FOCEP together with other groups. In the same year it contested elections on the lists of FOCEP. In 1980, PST had its candidates on the lists of PRT
.
PST is a member of LIT-CI. It publishes Bandera Socialista.
In 1992, PST split, and a group adhering to UIT-CI formed a parallel PST
.
Spanish language
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: Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores, or PST) is a trotskyist
Trotskyism
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Political party
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in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
founded in 1971 by a group of dissidents of the Revolutionary Left Front (FIR). The group was led by Hugo Blanco
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and Enrique Fernández Chacón.
In 1978, PST founded FOCEP together with other groups. In the same year it contested elections on the lists of FOCEP. In 1980, PST had its candidates on the lists of PRT
Workers Revolutionary Party (Peru)
Workers' Revolutionary Party is a trotskyist political party in Peru founded in 1978 by a fraction of PST, FIR and FIR. Its founding leaders included Hugo Blanco, Hipólito Enríquez, Raúl Castro Vera and Nicolás Lucar...
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PST is a member of LIT-CI. It publishes Bandera Socialista.
In 1992, PST split, and a group adhering to UIT-CI formed a parallel PST
Socialist Workers Party (Peru, 1992)
Socialist Workers Party is a trotskyist political party in Peru founded in 1992 by a group of dissidents of the original PST. The party is affiliated to UIT-CI. The party leader is Enrique Fernández....
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