The Communist Vanguard of the Revolutionary Workers' Party (Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

: Vanguardia Comunista del Partido Obrero Revolucionario, VCPOR) was a small Trotskyist political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

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The Communist Vanguard of the Revolutionary Workers' Party was established in 1977 by a dissident group which broke away from the Revolutionary Workers' Party

Revolutionary Workers' Party (Bolivia)

The Revolutionary Workers' Party is a Trotskyist political party in Bolivia. At its height in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the POR was one of the few Trotskyist parties in history to gain a mass working-class following.-Beginnings:...

 in 1975. Led by workers' leader Filemón Escóbar Escóbar and Víctor Sossa.

In 1978 the VCPOR took part in an electoral coalition Revolutionary Left Front

Revolutionary Left Front

-Foundation:FRI was formed at a national conference of leftwing forces, held in La Paz April 23, 1978. The meeting was organized by an initiative committee . The founding of FRI in April 1978 was a formalization of an already existing informal cooperation between different political groups...

 backing Casiano Amurrio Rocha.

The Communist Vanguard of the Revolutionary Workers' Party divided into three groups in 1978, two sections breaking away to form the Workers' Vanguard Party

Workers' Vanguard Party

The Workers' Vanguard Party was a small Trotskyist political party in Bolivia.The Workers' Vanguard Party was established by a dissident fraction which broke away from the Communist Vanguard of the Revolutionary Workers' Party in 1978.It was led by Filemón Escóbar Escóbar and Ricardo Catoira...

 and the Workers' Socialist Organization

Workers' Socialist Organization

The Workers' Socialist Organization was a small Trotskyist political party in Bolivia....

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In 1979 the VCPOR allied with the Socialist Party-One

Socialist Party (Bolivia, 1971)

The Socialist Party was a left-wing political party in Bolivia.This Socialist Party was established on 1 May 1971 by the merger of three small parties supporting the former military Co-President and the President General Alfredo...

 and its candidate Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz

Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz

Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz was a noted writer, dramatist, jourmalist, social commentator, university professor, and socialist political leader from Bolivia...

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In 1980 the VCPOR allied with the Revolutionary Party of the Nationalist Left

Revolutionary Party of the Nationalist Left

The Revolutionary Party of the Nationalist Left was a left-wing political party in Bolivia. It was founded in 1963 by the labor leader Juan Lechín Oquendo and by Mario Torres Calleja and Edwin Moller in lesser roles...

 and its candidate Juan Lechín Oquendo

Juan Lechín Oquendo

Juan Lechín Oquendo was a labor-union leader and head of the Federation of Bolivian Mine Workers from 1944 to 1987 and the Bolivian Workers' Union from 1952 to 1987...

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