Communist Party of Cuba

Communist Party of Cuba

The Communist Party of Cuba (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Cuba) is the ruling party of Cuba. It dates back to the 1920s historically, and was a member of the Comintern. It was later renamed the People's Socialist Party for electoral reasons. Its policy was dictated from Moscow, and supported Batista in whose government had Ministers Without Portfolio.

In spite of joining the revolution against Batista late in 1958, in 1961 the communists' party,together with Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement and the students' "Revolutionary Directorate" , formed a coalition called the Integrated Revolutionary Organizations. In 1962, this became a single party, the United Party of the Socialist Revolution. This was renamed the Communist Party of Cuba in 1965 and remains the only legal political party in Cuba.

External link

Official web site (in Spanish)