People's Vanguard Party (Costa Rica)
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The People's Vanguard Party, or Popular Vanguard Party (Spanish: Partido Vanguardia Popular) is a communist party in Costa Rica. PVP was founded in 1931 as the Workers and Farmers Party, but was soon renamed to the Communist Party of Costa Rica (Partido Comunista de Costa Rica).
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"Vanguardia Popular" redirects here. For the Chilean fascist party known in Spanish as Vanguardia Popular Socialista, see Popular Socialist Vanguard.
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People's Vanguard Party Partido Vanguardia Popular | |
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President | Trino Barrantes Araya |
General Secretary | Humberto Vargas Carbonell |
Founded | 16 June 1931 (as the Workers and Farmers Party) |
Headquarters | Desamparados, Calle Fallas, Ciudadela Cucubres, de la plaza de deportes 50 metros sur, casa Nº 11 |
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Political position | Far-left |
International affiliation | IMCWP[1] |
Legislative Assembly | 0 / 57
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From 1931 to 1947, the party published Trabajo as a communist newspaper.[2] The PVP's current publication is El Popular.