"Cuban Communist Party" redirects here. For the party founded in 1925, see Popular Socialist Party (Cuba).
Communist Party of Cuba
Partido Comunista de Cuba
First Secretary
Miguel Díaz-Canel
Founder
Fidel Castro
Founded
3 October 1965; 58 years ago (1965-10-03)
Preceded by
United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution[n 1]
Headquarters
Palacio de la Revolución, Plaza de la Revolución, Havana
Newspaper
Granma
Youth wing
Young Communist League
Children's wing
José Martí Pioneer Organization
Membership (2022 est.)
<500,000[1]
Ideology
Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Left-wing nationalism
Castroism[2]
Guevarism[3]
Socialist patriotism[4][5]
Political position
Far-left[6]
Regional affiliation
COPPPAL São Paulo Forum
International affiliation
IMCWP
Colors
Red Blue
Slogan
¡Hasta la victoria siempre! ("Ever onward to victory!")
National Assembly[7]
442 / 470
Party flag
Website
www.pcc.cu
Politics of Cuba
Political parties
Elections
The Communist Party of Cuba (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Cuba, PCC) is the sole ruling party of Cuba. It was founded on 3 October 1965 as the successor to the United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution, which was in turn made up of the 26th of July Movement and Popular Socialist Party that seized power in Cuba after the 1959 Cuban Revolution. The party governs Cuba as an authoritarian one-party state where dissidence and political opposition are prohibited and repressed. The Cuban constitution ascribes the role of the party to be the "leading force of society and of the state".
The highest body within the PCC is the Party Congress, which convenes every five years. When the Congress is not in session, the Central Committee is the highest body. Because the Central Committee meets twice a year, most day-to-day duties and responsibilities are vested in the Politburo. Since April 2021, the First Secretary of the Central Committee has been Miguel Díaz-Canel, who has been serving as President of Cuba since 2018.
Marxism–Leninism was gradually formalized as the party's guiding ideology and remains so to this day. The party pursued state socialism, under which all industries were nationalized, and a command economy was implemented throughout Cuba despite the long-term embargo by the United States. The PCC also supports Castroism and Guevarism and is a member of the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties.
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