Communist Party of Uruguay

The Communist Party of Uruguay (Spanish: Partido Comunista del Uruguay, PCU) is a communist party in Uruguay, founded on 21 September 1920 by members of the Socialist Party who had endorsed the October Revolution and the Bolsheviks.

Communist Party of Uruguay Partido Comunista del Uruguay
Leader	Juan Castillo
Founded	21 September 1920; 104 years ago (1920-09-21)
Split from	Socialist Party of Uruguay
Headquarters	Fernández Crespo 2098, Montevideo, Uruguay
Youth wing	Union of Communist Youth (Uruguay) [es]
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Broad Front
Regional affiliation	Foro de São Paulo
International affiliation	IMCWP[1]
Colors	Red, blue, white
Chamber of Deputies	5 / 99
Senate	2 / 30
Party flag
Website
www.pcu.org.uy
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PCU 62nd anniversary sticker

The current secretary-general of the PCU is Juan Castillo. It is a member of the Broad Front coalition.

Secretaries-general

No.	Name	Term
		Start	End
1	Eugenio Gómez	1920	1955
2	Rodney Arismendi	1955	1973
3	Jaime Pérez (clandestine during the dictatorship)	1973	1974
4	José Luis Massera (clandestine during the dictatorship)	1974	1975
5	Gerardo Cuesta (clandestine during the dictatorship)	1975	1976
6	León Lev (clandestine during the dictatorship)	1976	1979
7	José Pacella (clandestine during the dictatorship)	1979	1981
8	Ramón Cabrera (clandestine during the dictatorship)	1981	1985
9	Rodney Arismendi	1985	1988
10	Jaime Pérez	1988	1992
11	Marina Arismendi	1992	2006
12	Eduardo Lorier	2006	2017
13	Juan Castillo	2017	Current

References

1. "Communist and Workers' Parties". SolidNet. Retrieved 16 February 2019.

External links

• FBI file on the Communist Party of Uruguay