The Colombian Communist Party (in Spanish: Partido Comunista Colombiano) or PCC is the legal communist party of Colombia. It was founded in 1930, as the Colombian section of the Comintern. It is currently led by Jaime Caicedo.
The PCC is part of the Social and Political Front (FSP) party coalition, and also participates in the Democratic Alternative (AD) movement and the Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) alliance.
PCC publishes the weekly newspaper Voz.
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