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'''Communist Party of Honduras''' (in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Partido Comunista de Honduras'') is a [[communist party]] in [[Honduras]]. PCH was founded on October 10, 1954 by Ramos Dionisio Bejarano<ref>http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Ramos+Bejarano,+Dionisio</ref> and Rigoberto Padilla Rush.<ref>http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/honduras/padilla.htm</ref> It had its roots in the [[Honduran Revolutionary Democratic Party]].

PCH was claimed by the government to be an illegal party. It developed a strong presence in the [[trade union]] movement, for example amongst [[banana]] plantations. In the mid-1960s, the [[U.S. State Department]] estimated the party membership to be approximately 2400.<ref>Benjamin, Roger W.; Kautsky, John H.. ''[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0554%28196803%2962%3A1%3C110%3ACAED%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V Communism and Economic Development]'', in The ''[[American Political Science Review]]'', Vol. 62, No. 1. (March 1968), pp. 122.</ref>

In 1990, PCH was dissolved, and merged into [[Patriotic Renovation Party]].

The party was reactivated during the celebration of its fifth Congress in 2011.<ref>http://mltoday.com/subject-areas/national-liberation/honduran-communists-reactivate-party-1171.html</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://countrystudies.us/honduras/91.htm US Library of Congress study]

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Revision as of 17:59, 5 May 2015

Communist Party of Honduras (in Spanish: Partido Comunista de Honduras) is a communist party in Honduras. PCH was founded on October 10, 1954 by Ramos Dionisio Bejarano[1] and Rigoberto Padilla Rush.[2] It had its roots in the Honduran Revolutionary Democratic Party.

PCH was claimed by the government to be an illegal party. It developed a strong presence in the trade union movement, for example amongst banana plantations. In the mid-1960s, the U.S. State Department estimated the party membership to be approximately 2400.[3]

In 1990, PCH was dissolved, and merged into Patriotic Renovation Party.

The party was reactivated during the celebration of its fifth Congress in 2011.[4]

References