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Dominican Workers' Party
Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos
Secretary-GeneralJosé González Espinoza
FoundedDecember 21, 1979 (1979-12-21)
DissolvedDecember 17, 2019 (2019-12-17)
Succeeded byPeople's Force
Political positionLeft-wing to Centre-left
Continental affiliationSão Paulo Forum

The Dominican Workers Party (Spanish: 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]

References

  1. ^ "Dominican Republic: Origins and current leadership of the Dominican Workers' Party (Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos, PTD)" (PDF). The United States Department of Justice. 3 November 2004. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-09-25. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Leftist Parties of the Dominican Republic". Archived from the original on 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2006-11-07.