Dominican Workers' Party Explained

Dominican Workers' Party
Native Name:	Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos
Colorcode:	177245
Secretary General:	José González Espinoza
Successor:	People's Force
Position:	Left-wing to Centre-left
Continental:	São Paulo Forum
Country:	the Dominican Republic

The Dominican Workers Party (es|Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos, PTD) was a communist party in the Dominican Republic founded in 1979.^[1] The leader and secretary general of the party was José González Espinosa.^[2] In the 16 May 2006 election, the party was a member of the winning Progressive Bloc.

In December 2019, the party was transformed into People's Force.

The party published a periodical, Liberación.^[2]

Notes and References

Web site: Dominican Republic: Origins and current leadership of the Dominican Workers' Party (Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos, PTD). 3 November 2004. The United States Department of Justice. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160925020919/https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/eoir/legacy/2014/10/14/DOM43068.E.pdf . 2016-09-25 . 19 April 2020.
Web site: Leftist Parties of the Dominican Republic . 2006-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160121090659/http://www.broadleft.org/do.htm . 2016-01-21 . dead .