 the portuguese communist party (, , pcp) is a major left-wing political party in portugal. it is a marxist-leninist party, and its organization is based upon democratic centralism. the party also considers itself to be patriotic and internationalist.portuguese communist party (2005). program and statutes of the portuguese communist party. ediÃ§Ãµes avante!. isbn 972-550-307-4 the party was founded in 1921 as the portuguese section of the communist international (comintern). made illegal after a coup in the late 1920s, the pcp played a major role in the opposition to the dictatorial regime of antÃ³nio de oliveira salazar. during the five-decades-long dictatorship, the party was constantly suppressed by the political police, the pide, which forced its members to live in clandestine status under the threat of arrest, torture, and murder. after the bloodless
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