Talk:Movement for Socialism (Venezuela)

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It is not true that "MAS was founded in 1971 by a faction of the Communist Party of Venezuela that opposed the Communist Party's use of armed tactics". The fact is that those who left the Communist Party to form MAS were PRECISELY THOSE WHO SUPPORTED MORE VEHEMENTLY THE ARMED STRUGGLE IN THE EARLY 60s. Those members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party such as TEODORO PETKOFF and FREDDY MUÑOZ, who pressed for the Party´s decision to enter the armed struggle, were precisely the same people who later abandoned CPV after the defeat, leaving the Party severely damaged. This is a very touchy subject with Venezuelan Communists, since many in the Party remain suspicious of the ulterior motives of those who pushed CPV into the guerrilla war in 1961 only to defect both from the armed struggle and from the Party itself a few years later. It has taken CPV over 30 years to recover from the damage done by those who led the Party into its military defeat and then abandoned the organization. Fernando Arribas Garcia.

The article says Petkoff left MAS. It seems he may have rejoined - he was a MAS delegate to this week's council of the Socialist International. ( http://www.socialistinternational.org/6Meetings/Council/Santiago-Nov06/participants-e.html ) Does anyone know for sure, I wonder (or is this itself enough evidence)? -JdSf 18:22, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 00:43, 14 February 2008 (UTC)