Popular Unity Party (Portugal)
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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 Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
. PUP was founded in December 1974 by the Mendes fraction of the Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist Party of Portugal (Marxist-Leninist)
The Communist Party of Portugal was a political party in Portugal. Also known as the 'Mendes faction of PCP'.PCP was founded in 1970. It published Unidade Popular....
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After the 1975 elections PUP was renamed Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Committee (Comité Marxista-Leninista Português).
In 1976 CMLP merged with the Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization
Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization
The Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization was a Portuguese far-left political party, founded in 1973 after the merger between two minor communist grouping, the group around the journal O Comunista and O Grito do Povo The Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization (in...
and the Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)
Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party was a communist group in Portugal led by Francisco Martins Rodrigues...
to form the Portuguese Communist Party (Reconstructed).