Leftist Parties of Venezuela

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '00	OTHER
Bolivarian Liberation Forces - Liberating Army	Fuerzas Bolivarianas de Liberación - Ejercito Libertador	FBL			left. nat.		-	pol.-mil., f. 1991
Comission for Anarchist Relations	Comision de Relaciones Anarquistas	CRA	El Libertario	e-mail	anar. syn.	close to AIT	-	f. 1995
Communist Party of Venezuela	Partido Comunista de Venezuela	PCV	Debate Abierto, Tribuna Popular	e-mail	com.	ex-CI, ex-WMR, FSP	0.36%	f. 1931, led by Oscar Figuera
Constitution Front of Workers	Frente Constituyente de Trabajadores	FCT					0.15%	f. 1999, led by Froilán Barrios
Democratic Action	Acción Democrática	AD		e-mail	soc. dem./pop.	SI	16.11%	f. 1936, led by Jesús Mendez Quijada
Democratic Coordination other page	Coordinadora Democratica	AD		e-mail			not existing	broad alliance of opposition parties and movements
Homeland for All	Patria para Todos	PPT		e-mail	left. soc.		2.27%	f. 1997 as split from Causa R, led by José Albornoz
Humanist Party	Partido Humanista			e-mail		IH	-
International Communist Party	Partido Comunista Internacional		Programa Comunista	e-mail	left. com.		-
Internationalism	Internacionalismo		Internacionalismo		left. com.	ICC	-
La Jornada Class Movement	Movimiento Clasista La Jornada				rad. left.		-
Libertarian Communist Group	Grupo Comunista Libertario			e-mail	anar.		-
Movement 5th Republic	Movimiento Quinta República	MVR		fax: +58-2-7936297	left. nat.		44.38%	f. 1997, led by Hugo Chávez Frías
Movement towards Socialism	Movimiento al Socialismo	MAS		e-mail	left. soc.	SI cons.	5.03%	f. 1971 as split from PCV, led by Felipe Mujica
Multiethnical United People of Amazonas	Pueblo Unido Multiétnico de Amazonas	PUAMA			indigenist		0.041%	f. 1997
National Convergence	Convergencia Nacional			e-mail	centre left.		1.07%	f. 1993 as alliance, led by Rafael Caldera
National Integrity Movement	Movimiento de Integridad Nacional	MIN		fax: +58-45-640619	green	EFGP	0.25%	led by Gonzalo Pérez Hernández
New Democratic Regime	Nuevo Régimen Democratico	NRD			rad. left.		0.10%	f. 1997, led by Guillermo García Ponce
Option of the Revolutionary Left	Opción de Izquierda Revolucionaria	OIR	OIR a los Trabajadores	e-mail	rad. left.		-	f. 2002 by Voz de los Trabajadores, La Chispa, Grupo Opción, Movimiento Sindical La Jornada
Our America Project - April 13 Movement	Proyecto Nuestr@merica - Movimiento 13 de Abril	M13A		e-mail	rad. left.		not existing
Party of the Venezuelan Revolution / Third Way	Partido de la Revolución Venezolana / Tercer Camino	PRV-Tercer Camino		e-mail	rad. left.		-	f. 1970 as PRV, led by Douglas Bravo
Patriotic Hope	Esperanza Patriótica				rad. left.		-	led by Baltasar Meléndez
People's Electoral Movement - Socialist Party of Venezuela	Movimiento Electoral del Pueblo - Partido Socialista de Venezuela	MEP	Unidad	fax: +58-2-7824697	left. soc.	ex-CSL, FSP, SI cons.	0.084%	f. 1967 as split from AD
People's Movement for the Defense of Nationalist Ideas - Revolutionary Workers Party	Movimiento Popular pro Defensa de las Ideas Nacionalistas - Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores	MPDIN	Unidad Nacional		rad. left.		-	f. 1973
Red Flag Party	Partido Bandera Roja	PBR	Bandera Roja, Causa Marxista-Leninista, El Insurgente	fax: +58-2-5421648	ex-mao., stal.	ICMLPO[H], FSP	0.32%	f. 1970 as split from Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR), led by Gabriel Rafael Puerta Aponte
Revolutionary Marxist Current	Corriente Marxista Revolucionaria		El Militante, El Topo Obrero	e-mail	tro.	IMT	not existing	f. 2003 El Militante and El Topo Obrero
Revolutionary Popular Assembly	Asamblea Popular Revolucionaria)			e-mail	rad. left.		-
Revolutionary Tupamaro Movement	Movimiento Revolucionario Tupamaro				rad. left.		-
Social Democratic Party "Brave People Alliance"	Partido Social Demócrata "Alianza Bravo Pueblo"				soc. dem.		-	f. 2000 as split from AD, led by Antonio Ledezma
Socialist League	Liga Socialista	LS	Basirruque	e-mail	ex-mao.	FSP	-	f. 1973, led by Fernando Soto Rojas
The Radical Cause	La Causa Radical	LCR	El Radical	e-mail	left. soc.		4.41%	f. 1971 as split from MAS, led by Andrés Velásquez
The Spark	La Chispa		La Chispa	e-mail	tro.		-	split from Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores (PST)
Unión	Unión				soc. dem.		-	f. 2001 by Coordinadora Cívica, Democracia Directa, Izquierda Democrática (split from MAS), led by Arias Cárdenas
Venezuelan Popular Union	Unión Popular Venezolana	UPV			left. nat.		-	f. 2004, led by Lina Ninette Ron Pereira
We Can - For the Social Democracy	Podemos - Por la Democracia Social	Podemos		e-mail	left. soc.		not existing	f. 2001 as split from MAS, first called MAS más
Workers' Voice	La Voz de los Trabajadores				tro.		-	split from Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores (PST), led by Orlando Chirino
Workers' Party of Venezuela	Partido de los Trabajadores de Venezuela				left. soc.		not existing	f. 2003, split from Causa R
Parties probably disbanded Democratic Forum (Foro Democrático), Guerilla Coordination Che Guevara (Coordinadora Guerrillera Che Guevara), Patriotic Front (Frente Patriótico), National Liberation Movement of Venezuela (Movimiento de Liberación Nacional de Venezuela, MLNV), Opening for National Participation (Apertura para la Participación Nacional, Apertura), Patriotic Union (Unión Patriótica, UP), People's Disobedience (Desobediencia Popular), Political Command of the Revolution (Comando Político de la Revolución), Revolutionary National Coordination (Coordinadora Nacional Revolucionaria), Revolutionary People's Power (Poder Popular Revolucionario), The People Advances (El Pueblo Avanza, EPA), Union to Advance (Unión Para Avanzar, UPA), Unity for the New Alternative (Unidad por la Nueva Alternativa)