Paraguayan Communist Party (in Spanish: Partido Comunista Paraguayo) is a communist political party in Paraguay. PCP was founded on February 19, 1928. Later it was recognized as a section of the Communist International. It was brutally suppressed during the military regimes of the country. It gained legality for a brief period in 1936 and then again in 1946-1947. After the fall of the Alfredo Stroessner regime the party re-emerged as a legal party. Overview After the Cuban Revolution the PCP began armed struggle. Its armed wing was the United National Liberation Front (FULNA). It was defeated in 1963. In 1967, the party split, and the pro-China wing formed the Paraguayan Communist Party (independent). The general secretary of the PCP is Najeeb Amado. PCP was a founding member of United Left (IU) in 2002, but later it withdrew in 2003. However a fraction of PCP, Movimiento por la Recuperación Democrática del Partido Comunista Paraguayo, chose to continue to work within IU. The withdrawal was motivated by differences over electoral strategy and candidature. On September 20, 2004 a Communist Party of Paraguay (PC-Paragauay) was founded by faction that split from the PCP. The secretary general is Miguel Flores. During 2008 presidential election, PCP supported the candidate of Patriotic Alliance for Change, Fernando Lugo, who won the election. PCP publishes Adelante (Forward). References External links Official site of PCP Antonio Bonzi: Proceso Historico del Partido Comunista Paraguayo Paraguay Communist parties in Paraguay Formerly banned communist parties Foro de São Paulo Political parties established in 1928 Political parties in Paraguay International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties