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

Article by Angelo Alves, member of the Political Committee and of the International Department

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.

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.