Leftist Parties of the Dominican Republic

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '02	OTHER
Alliance for the Democracy	Alianza por la Democracia	APD		e-mail	left. soc.	FSP	0.40% allied to PLD	split from PLD in 1992
Anti-Imperialist Patriotic Union	Unión Patriótica Anti-Imperialista	UPA			rad. left.		on lists of UP	f. 1978
Communist Labour Party	Partido Comunista del Trabajo	PCT	Lucha	e-mail	stal.	ex-alb, ICMLPO[H]	on lists of UP	split from MPD in 1980
Independence, Unity and Change Movement	Movimiento Independencia, Unidad y Cambio	MIUCA			rad. left.		0.22% on lists of UP	dominated by PCT
Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)	Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista)	PC-ML	En Marcha!	e-mail	mao.	ICS	on lists of UP	split from Pacoredo in 1988
Communist Party of the Dominican Republic	Partido Comunista de la República Dominicana	Pacoredo	Despertar!	e-mail	mao.		no part.	f. 1966 as split from MPD
Dominican Green Party	Partido Verde Dominicano	PVD		e-mail	green	FPVA
Dominican Liberation Party	Partido de la Liberación Dominicana	PLD		e-mail	center left.	FSP	27.52 %	f. 1974 as split from PRD
Dominican Popular Movement	Movimiento Popular Dominicano	MPD			mao.	FSP	no part.	f. 1956
Dominican Revolutionary Party	Partido Revolucionario Dominicano	PRD		e-mail	soc. dem.	SI	41.04%	f. 1939
Dominican Workers' Party	Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos	PTD	Liberación	fax: +1809-687-4190	ex-mao., com.	FSP	0.32%	f. 1979, led by José González Espinosa
Dominican Workers' Party (marxist-leninist)	Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos (Marxista-Leninista)	PTD-ML		e-mail	mao.	ICS, FSP	on lists of UP	f. 1986 as split from PTD, led by Iván Rodríguez
Ecological Party	Partido Ecologista			fax: +1809-685-5705	green		no part.
New Alternative Party	Partido Nueva Alternativa	PNA		e-mail	green		0.19% on lists of UP	f. 1997, led by Ramón Almánzar
Party of Dominican Identity	Partido de la Identidad Dominicana	PID					on lists of UP	led by Aulio Collado Anico
People's Unity	Unidad del Pueblo	UP					see FR, MIUCA and PNA	f. 2002 by 11 leftist parties
Political Workers Organization	Organización Política de los Trabajadores	OPT			rad. left.		no part.
Revolution Force	Fuerza de la Revolución	FR		e-mail	com.		0.23% on lists of UP	merger of Dominican Communist Party (PCD) and others in 1996
Revolutionary People's Organization	Organización Revolucionaria del Pueblo	ORP			rad. left.		no part.
Social Democratic Institutional Bloc	Bloque Institucional Social Demócrata	BIS			soc. dem.		1.13% allied to PLD	f. 1989 as split from PRD
Socialist Structure	Estructura Socialista			e-mail	rad. left.		no part.	led by Ismael Rodríguez
Socialist Workers' League	Liga Socialista de los Trabajadores	LST	Posición Socialista	e-mail	tro.	LIT	on lists of UP	f. 1982 as Movement for Socialism (MPS)
Solidarity Nation	Nación Solidaria				rad. left.		no part.	led by Alejandro Ortiz
Unified Communist Party	Partido Comunista Unificado	PCU			com.		no part.	f. 1986 by splits from Dominican Communist Party (PCD)
United Left Movement	Movimiento de Izquierda Unida	MIU		fax:+1809-682-1298	rad. left.	FSP	no part.	split from MPD in 1982, led by Miguel Mejía
Parties probably disbanded Alternative Action (Acción Alternativa), Caamanist Movement for National Liberation (MCLN), International Communist Party (PCI)