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Red Flag Party

Partido Bandera Roja
Red Flag Party Partido Bandera Roja
Leader	Gabriel Puerta Aponte
Founded	1970; 54 years ago
Headquarters	Caracas, Venezuela
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism; Anti-Chavismo; Anti-revisionism; Hoxhaism
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
National affiliation	Democratic Alliance
Colours	Red
National Assembly	0 / 277
Website
	banderaroja.com.ve
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The Red Flag Party (Spanish: Partido Bandera Roja) is a communist party in Venezuela. Formed in 1970 by anti-revisionist members of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), the party initially supported the ideology of Enver Hoxha and the Party of Labour of Albania following the Sino-Albanian split, though in later years it gravitated back towards China. In the 1970s up until the 1990s, it was engaged in guerrilla warfare against the government. A young Hugo Chávez's first assignment in the Venezuelan Army was as commander of a communications platoon attached to a counter-insurgency force—the Manuel Cedeño Mountain Infantry Battalion, headquartered in Barinas and Cumaná. In 1976, under the presidency of Carlos Andrés Pérez it was tasked with suppressing the guerrilla insurgency staged by the party.

The Red Flag Party is currently led by Gabriel Rafael Puerta Aponte. After the electoral victory of Chávez in 1998, the party started aligning itself with the liberal and social democratic opponents of Chávez, labeling him as a social fascist. This has led to desertions from the party as many cadres instead joined the Chávez camp. The party was suspended from the International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle) in 2005. It was succeeded within the organization by the Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela.

In the 2006 presidential election, the Red Flag Party supported the candidature of Manuel Rosales. The party got 18,468 votes (0.16% of the nationwide vote) in that election as one of several parties backing Rosales.^[1] As of 2009, its popularity has rapidly diminished from its prior years and is reported to have less than 100 militant members. In 2014, the party left the Democratic Unity Table due to disagreements over objectives and not considering the coalition capable of placing itself on the forefront of people's struggles.^[2]

Youth wing

The youth wing of the party is the Revolutionary Youth Union (UJR).

External links

References

^ "Elección Presidencial - 3 de Diciembre de 2006". Archived from the original on 6 December 2006. Retrieved 4 December 2006.
^ Noticia al Dia (ed.). "Bandera Roja se separa de la MUD". Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

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[1] "Elección Presidencial - 3 de Diciembre de 2006". Archived from the original on 6 December 2006. Retrieved 4 December 2006.

[2] Noticia al Dia (ed.). "Bandera Roja se separa de la MUD". Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.

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+{{expand Spanish|topic=gov|Partido Bandera Roja|date=February 2015}}
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+{{more citations needed|date=November 2013}}
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+| name = Red Flag Party
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+| native_name = Partido Bandera Roja
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+| logo = Red Flag Party logo.png
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-|party_logo=[[File:Banderaroja.jpg]]
-|leader=Gabriel Puerta Aponte
+| leader = Gabriel Puerta Aponte
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+| foundation = {{start date and age|1970}}
+| headquarters = [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]]
-|ideology=[[Marxism–Leninism]],<br>[[Anti-Revisionism]],<br>Anti-[[Chavismo]]
+| ideology = [[Communism]]<br>[[Marxism–Leninism]]<br>Anti-[[Chavismo]]<br>[[Anti-revisionism]]<br>[[Hoxhaism]]
-|position=[[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]] to [[Far-left]]
+| position = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]] to [[Far-left politics|far-left]]
-|colours=[[Red]]
+| national = [[Democratic Alliance (Venezuela)|Democratic Alliance]]
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+| colours = {{color box|red|border=darkgray}} [[Red]]
-|national=[[Democratic Unity Roundtable]]
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+| international =
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+| seats1_title = [[National Assembly (Venezuela)|National Assembly]]
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-|website=[http://bandera-roja.blogspot.com/ Official Blog]}}
+| website = {{URL|http://banderaroja.com.ve/}}
+| country = Venezuela
-'''Red Flag Party''' (in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Partido Bandera Roja'') is a [[communist party]] in [[Venezuela]].
+}}
+The '''Red Flag Party''' ({{lang-es|Partido Bandera Roja}}) is a [[communist party]] in [[Venezuela]]. Formed in 1970 by [[Anti-Revisionism|anti-revisionist]] members of the [[Revolutionary Left Movement (Venezuela)|Revolutionary Left Movement]] (MIR), the party initially supported the [[ideology]] of [[Enver Hoxha]] and the [[Party of Labour of Albania]] following the [[Sino-Albanian split]], though in later years it gravitated back towards [[China]]. In the 1970s up until the 1990s, it was engaged in [[guerrilla warfare]] against the government. A young [[Hugo Chávez]]'s first assignment in the [[Venezuelan Army]] was as commander of a communications [[platoon]] attached to a [[counter-insurgency]] force—the Manuel Cedeño Mountain Infantry Battalion, headquartered in Barinas and Cumaná. In 1976, under the presidency of [[Carlos Andrés Pérez]] it was tasked with suppressing the guerrilla insurgency staged by the party.
+The Red Flag Party is currently led by Gabriel Rafael Puerta Aponte. After the [[1998 Venezuelan presidential election|electoral victory of Chávez in 1998]], the party started aligning itself with the [[Liberalism|liberal]] and [[Social democracy|social democratic]] opponents of Chávez, labeling him as a [[Social fascism|social fascist]]. This has led to desertions from the party as many cadres instead joined the Chávez camp. The party was suspended from the [[International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle)]] in 2005. It was succeeded within the organization by the [[Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela]].
-It was formed in 1970 by [[Anti-Revisionism|anti-revisionist]] members of the [[Revolutionary Left Movement (Venezuela)|Revolutionary Left Movement]] (MIR). The Red Flag Party initially supported the ideology of [[Enver Hoxha]] and the [[Party of Labour of Albania]] following the [[Sino-Albanian split]], though in later years it gravitated back towards [[China]].
+In the [[2006 Venezuelan presidential election|2006 presidential election]], the Red Flag Party supported the candidature of [[Manuel Rosales]]. The party got 18,468 votes (0.16% of the nationwide vote) in that election as one of several parties backing Rosales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cne.gov.ve/divulgacionPresidencial/resultado_nacional.php|title=Elección Presidencial - 3 de Diciembre de 2006|accessdate=4 December 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206005609/http://cne.gov.ve/divulgacionPresidencial/resultado_nacional.php|archivedate=6 December 2006}}</ref> As of 2009, its popularity has rapidly diminished from its prior years and is reported to have less than 100 [[militant]] members. In 2014, the party left the [[Democratic Unity Roundtable|Democratic Unity Table]] due to disagreements over objectives and not considering the coalition capable of placing itself on the forefront of people's struggles.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bandera Roja se separa de la MUD|url=http://noticiaaldia.com/2014/09/bandera-roja-se-separa-de-la-mud/|editor=Noticia al Dia|access-date=7 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907083940/http://noticiaaldia.com/2014/09/bandera-roja-se-separa-de-la-mud/|archive-date=7 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-In the 1970s up until the 1990s it was engaged in [[guerrilla warfare]] against the government. A young [[Hugo Chávez]]'s first assignment in the [[Venezuelan Army|Army]] was as commander of a communications [[platoon]] attached to a [[counter-insurgency]] force—the Manuel Cedeño Mountain Infantry Battalion, headquartered in Barinas and Cumaná. In 1976, under the presidency of [[Carlos Andrés Pérez]], it was tasked with suppressing the guerrilla insurgency staged by the Party. This was common procedure for Latin American regimes, military or democratic, which ceded to pressure from the [[United States]] to crush any and all [[Communist|communism]] insurgencies.
+== Youth wing ==
-The party is currently led by Gabriel Rafael Puerta Aponte. After the electoral victory of [[Hugo Chávez]] in 1998, the party started aligning itself with the right-wing and social democratic opponents of Chávez, labeling him as a [[Social fascism|social fascist]]. This has led to desertions from the party, as many cadres instead joined the Chávez camp.
-The party was suspended from the [[International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle)]] in 2005. It was succeeded within the organization by the [[Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela]].
-In the [[Venezuelan presidential election, 2006|2006 presidential election]], the party supported the candidature of [[Manuel Rosales]]. The party got (as one of several parties backing Rosales) 18,468 votes (0.16% of the nationwide vote) in that election.<ref>http://www.cne.gov.ve/divulgacionPresidencial/resultado_nacional.php</ref>
-As of 2009 its popularity has rapidly diminished from its prior years and is reported to have less than 100 militant members.
-==Youth wing==
 The youth wing of the party is the Revolutionary Youth Union (UJR).
-==Website==
+== See also ==
+* [[List of political parties in Venezuela]]
-*http://bandera-roja.blogspot.com/
+* [[Interventions of political parties in Venezuela]]
+== External links ==
-==References==
+* [http://banderaroja.com.ve/ Official website]
-{{Reflist}}
+* [http://bandera-roja.blogspot.com/ Official blog]
+== References ==
+{{reflist}}
 {{Venezuelan political parties}}
 [[Category:1970 establishments in Venezuela]]
-[[Category:Anti-Revisionist organizations]]
+[[Category:Anti-revisionist organizations]]
 [[Category:Communist parties in Venezuela]]
+[[Category:Hoxhaist parties]]
 [[Category:Political parties established in 1970]]
+[[Category:Political parties in Venezuela]]
 [[Category:Stalinist parties]]
+[[Category:Intervened political parties in Venezuela]]
 {{Venezuela-party-stub}}

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