Posições Políticas
"It is the system working"
15 January 2009
Article by Angelo Alves, member of the Political Committee of the CC and of member of the International Department
PCP condemns Israel's military aggression in the Gaza Strip
5 January 2009
PCP firmly condemns Israel's military aggression in the Gaza Strip and demands that the Portuguese government urgently undertake an adequate position and political and diplomatic initiatives that aim to end the bloodshed in Palestine.
On the Israeli attack against the Gaza Strip
27 December 2008
The Portuguese Communist Party condemns the massacre undertaken by the Israeli Air Force against the population of the Gaza Strip, whose number of victims ascended, in few hours, to around 200 dead and several hundred wounded.This crime - undertaken as part of an escalation of violence, premeditated by Israel and sustained in the last weeks by several provocative actions, assassination of Palestin
"The Colombian Tragedy"
21 December 2008
Article by Luis Carapinha, member of the International Department
"Only by struggling"
12 December 2008
Article by Angelo Alves, member of the Political Committee and of the International Department
"Removing the Scrap"
8 December 2008
Article by Rui Paz, Collaborator of the International Department
Closure speech of the 18th Congress of PCP
1 December 2008
We have reached the end of our XVIII Congress.
Not the end of a 3 day event, but the culmination of a process we began and are preparing since February.
Motion for Peace and Solidarity with Peoples
1 December 2008
Motion For Peace and Solidarity with Peoples approved by the XVIII Congress
In recent years, imperialist wars have killed hundreds of thousands of people, millions have been wounded and displaced, mass destruction has been wrought. The occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq continue, and military aggressions are launched against neighbouring countries, such as Pakistan or Syria. Threats are made against Iran, conspiracies are underway in Lebanon, the Balkans, Palestine, Caucasus and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Report of the Mandates Verification Committee
1 December 2008
The Mandates Verification Committee (MVC), elected at the beginning of our Congress, has examined the documentation concerning the election of delegates to the 18th Congress.
Up to this time, we have 1461 delegates present at the Congress.
55 of the primary delegates were replaced by their alternates, who were elected by the same Assembly, and we have concluded that they all fulfilled the condition mentioned in article 18 of the Congress Rules.
List of Foreign Parties and Organizations present at the XVIII Congress
1 December 2008
Angola – (MPLA)
Algeria– PADS
Belgium – Workers Party of Belgium
Brazil – Communist Party of Brazil
Brazil – Brazilian Communist Party
Brazil – Brazilian Socialist Party
Britain – Communist Party of Britain
Cape Verde - PAICV
Chile – Communist Party of Chile
China – Communist Party of China
Cyprus – AKEL
Colombia - Communist Party of Colombia
Cuba – Communist Party of Cuba
Czech Republic – Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Denmark – Communist Party of Denmark
Denmark – Communist Party in Denmark
East-Timor – FRETILIN
France – French Communist Party
Germany – Die Linke