Portuguese Communist Youth
Overview
 
The Portuguese Communist Youth ( or ) is the youth organization of the Portuguese Communist Party
Portuguese Communist Party
The Portuguese Communist Party is a major left-wing political party in Portugal. It is a Marxist-Leninist party, and its organization is based upon democratic centralism. The party also considers itself to be patriotic and internationalist....

 and was founded on November 10 of 1979, after the unification of the Young Communist League
Young Communist League (Portugal)
Young Communist League was the youth wing of the Portuguese Communist Party. UJC was founded in 1975....

 and the Communist Students League
Communist Students League
The Communist Students League was the student wing of the Portuguese Communist Party. UEC was founded in 1972....

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The JCP has a political relation of cooperation with the Portuguese Communist Party, however it is an independent organization. The headquarters of the JCP are located in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

.

The JCP is a member of the World Federation of Democratic Youth
World Federation of Democratic Youth
The World Federation of Democratic Youth is a progressive youth organization, recognized by the United Nations as an international youth non-governmental organization. WFDY describes itself as an "anti-imperialist, left-wing" organisation...

, a youth non-governmental organization that congregates several left-wing youth organizations from all the continents.
 
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