Red Flag Party

Red Flag Party

Infobox_Political_Party
party_name = Red Flag Party
colorcode = #013068
party_
leader = Gabriel Puerta Aponte
foundation = 1970
ideology = Marxism-Leninism
headquarters = Caracas
international = no
website = no|

Red Flag Party (in Spanish: "Partido Bandera Roja") is a communist party in Venezuela. It was formed in 1971 by anti-revisionist members of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR). The Red Flag Party initially supported the ideology of Enver Hoxha and the Albanian Party of Labour.

The party is currently led by Gabriel Rafael Puerta Aponte. After the electoral victory of Hugo Chávez in 1998, the party started aligning itself with the right-wing and social democratic opponents of Chávez. This has led to desertions from the party, as many cadres instead joined the Chávez camp. The party has also been accused of involvement in shootings prior to the 2002 coup d'état.

In the 2006 presidential election, the party supported the candidature of Manuel Rosales. The party got (as one of several parties backing Rosales) 18,468 votes (0.16% of the nationwide vote) in that election. [http://www.cne.gov.ve/divulgacionPresidencial/resultado_nacional.php]

Youth wing

The youth wing of the party is the Revolutionary Youth Union (UJR).

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