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7 unusual facts about Brazilian Communist Party


Anarchism in Brazil

In 1922, some militants who had been active in anarchist circles founded the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), influenced by the success of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and by the feeling of failure, in appeal and unity, of the syndicalist workers' federations.

Federação Brasileira de Escolas de Samba

Because the União Geral das Escolas de Samba do Brasil, then called UGES, was linked with the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), more conservative sectors of Carioca politics spurred the creation of FBES in 1947 with the goal of weakening the communists.

For the Liberation of Brazil

The second part consists of articles written in 1966 before he left the Brazilian Communist Party including his resignation letter penned on December 10, 1966.

Ivan Pinheiro

Ivan Martins Pinheiro (born 18 March 1946) is a Brazilian politician, secretary-general (leader) of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) since 2005 and a candidate in the 2010 presidential election.

José Dirceu

Dirceu moved to São Paulo in 1961 and began his militancy by joining the "Ala Marighella" (later called the ALN) in 1966, a revolutionary armed group linked to the Brazilian Communist Party.

Martinho da Vila

He is also politically active and a prominent figure and spokesperson for Afro-Brazilian issues as well as for the Brazilian Communist Party.

União Geral das Escolas de Samba do Brasil

However in the 1940s, the samba was already being stimulated by the national regime of Getúlio Vargas, but this fact did not impede that during the year of 1946 UGES and the PCB started getting closer.


Brazilian general election, 1945

The recently legalized Brazilian Communist Party elected 14 deputies, and the party's popular leader, Luís Carlos Prestes was elected to the Senate in Guanabara.

Brazilian legislative election, 1947

The elections were most notable for the continued growth of the Brazilian Communist Party, which won nearly 10% of the vote in the state elections, becoming the third party in the state of São Paulo (ahead of the UDN) and the single largest party in the federal capital, Rio de Janeiro.


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