Communist Party of Honduras

Communist Party of Honduras (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Honduras) was a communist party in Honduras. PCH was founded on October 10, 1954 by Ramos Dionisio Bejarano[1] and Rigoberto Padilla Rush.[2] It had its roots in the Honduran Revolutionary Democratic Party.

Communist Party of Honduras
Partido Comunista de Honduras
Founded1954
Dissolved1990
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
Politics of Honduras
Executive
Legislative
Judiciary
Administrative divisions
Elections
Political parties
Foreign relations
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
    Minister: Eduardo Enrique Reina

PCH was claimed by the government to be an illegal party. It developed a strong presence in the trade union movement, for example amongst banana plantations. In the mid-1960s, the U.S. State Department estimated the party membership to be approximately 2400.[3]

In 1990, PCH was dissolved, and merged into Patriotic Renovation Party.

The party was reactivated during the celebration of its fifth Congress in 2011.[4]

References
  1. "Ramos Bejarano, Dionisio".
  2. "Rigoberto Padilla Rush: Ex-leader of Honduran Communist Party".
  3. Benjamin, Roger W.; Kautsky, John H.. Communism and Economic Development, in The American Political Science Review, Vol. 62, No. 1. (March 1968), pp. 122.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-17. Retrieved 2011-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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