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Communism MarxismâLeninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism |
Political position | Far-left |
Popular Action Movement - MarxistâLeninist (Movimiento de AcciĂłn Popular - MarxistaâLeninista) is a Hoxhaist communist party in Nicaragua that surged out of a split from the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in the early 1970s. Since 1985 it is officially named the MarxistâLeninist Party of Nicaragua (Partido Marxista-Leninista de Nicaragua), but the original name MAP-ML is far more known and has been used when participating in elections.
The party was founded in 1967 by pro-Chinese members of the Nicaraguan Socialist Party. When Albania broke with China, the MAP-ML followed Albania. [1]
The party has a trade union wing, Frente Obrero (FO, Workers' Front) that was founded in 1974. The wing organized Milicias Populares Antisomocistas ( MILPAS), which fought against the dictatorship of the Somoza regime. As of 1980, MAP-ML had only about 25 members, but through FO and El Pueblo, the daily newspaper of the party, it exerted much influence in the society. [1]
One of the founders of MAP-ML, Marvin Ortega, had belonged to the national leadership of FSLN. MAP-ML built up a militant trade union activism and in urban areas had its own armed militias, Milicias Populares Antisomocistas ( MILPAS). In the struggle against the Somoza regime, MILPAS forces fought under the command of the FSLN.
When the Sandinista Revolution succeeded in 1979, MAP-ML condemned it as "not a workers' but a bourgeois revolution". It organized strikes and land seizures. The Sandinistas reciprocated by disarming MILPAS and temporarily closing down El Pueblo. Several members were also imprisoned. [1]
MAP-ML was generally critical against the mixed economy during the FSLN government. MAP-ML was the only party that voted against the Sandinista constitution in the National Assembly.
In 1984 MAP-ML was one of the parties that contested the general elections. [1] The party got 2.1% of the votes in the parliamentary election and two seats in the national assembly. In the presidential election the MAP-ML candidate was Isidro TĂ©llez Toruño, the general secretary of FO, and vice-presidential candidate was Juan Alberto HenrĂquez. Isidro and HenrĂquez got 11,352 votes (1%). An electoral slogan of MAP-ML was "ÂĄNi un voto a la burguesĂa! ÂĄBalas para el imperialismo!" ("Not one vote for the bourgeoisie! Bullets against imperialism!").
In 1985 the MAP-ML conference decided to officially change its name to MarxistâLeninist Party of Nicaragua (Partido Marxista-Leninista de Nicaragua).
MAP-ML opposed the Esquipulas Peace Agreement, which it saw as an imperialist scheme by the United States.
In the 1990 presidential election, the PMLN candidates (Isidro TĂ©llez for president, Carlos Cuadra for vice-president) got 8,135 votes (0.6%). PMLN lost its parliamentary representation that year. PMLN lost their registration after the 1996 elections.
In the 2001 presidential elections, PMLN supported FSLN candidate Daniel Ortega.[ citation needed]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (December 2009) |
Marxist-Leninist Popular Action Movement | |
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| |
Founded | 1970s |
Ideology |
Communism MarxismâLeninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism |
Political position | Far-left |
Popular Action Movement - MarxistâLeninist (Movimiento de AcciĂłn Popular - MarxistaâLeninista) is a Hoxhaist communist party in Nicaragua that surged out of a split from the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) in the early 1970s. Since 1985 it is officially named the MarxistâLeninist Party of Nicaragua (Partido Marxista-Leninista de Nicaragua), but the original name MAP-ML is far more known and has been used when participating in elections.
The party was founded in 1967 by pro-Chinese members of the Nicaraguan Socialist Party. When Albania broke with China, the MAP-ML followed Albania. [1]
The party has a trade union wing, Frente Obrero (FO, Workers' Front) that was founded in 1974. The wing organized Milicias Populares Antisomocistas ( MILPAS), which fought against the dictatorship of the Somoza regime. As of 1980, MAP-ML had only about 25 members, but through FO and El Pueblo, the daily newspaper of the party, it exerted much influence in the society. [1]
One of the founders of MAP-ML, Marvin Ortega, had belonged to the national leadership of FSLN. MAP-ML built up a militant trade union activism and in urban areas had its own armed militias, Milicias Populares Antisomocistas ( MILPAS). In the struggle against the Somoza regime, MILPAS forces fought under the command of the FSLN.
When the Sandinista Revolution succeeded in 1979, MAP-ML condemned it as "not a workers' but a bourgeois revolution". It organized strikes and land seizures. The Sandinistas reciprocated by disarming MILPAS and temporarily closing down El Pueblo. Several members were also imprisoned. [1]
MAP-ML was generally critical against the mixed economy during the FSLN government. MAP-ML was the only party that voted against the Sandinista constitution in the National Assembly.
In 1984 MAP-ML was one of the parties that contested the general elections. [1] The party got 2.1% of the votes in the parliamentary election and two seats in the national assembly. In the presidential election the MAP-ML candidate was Isidro TĂ©llez Toruño, the general secretary of FO, and vice-presidential candidate was Juan Alberto HenrĂquez. Isidro and HenrĂquez got 11,352 votes (1%). An electoral slogan of MAP-ML was "ÂĄNi un voto a la burguesĂa! ÂĄBalas para el imperialismo!" ("Not one vote for the bourgeoisie! Bullets against imperialism!").
In 1985 the MAP-ML conference decided to officially change its name to MarxistâLeninist Party of Nicaragua (Partido Marxista-Leninista de Nicaragua).
MAP-ML opposed the Esquipulas Peace Agreement, which it saw as an imperialist scheme by the United States.
In the 1990 presidential election, the PMLN candidates (Isidro TĂ©llez for president, Carlos Cuadra for vice-president) got 8,135 votes (0.6%). PMLN lost its parliamentary representation that year. PMLN lost their registration after the 1996 elections.
In the 2001 presidential elections, PMLN supported FSLN candidate Daniel Ortega.[ citation needed]