ICMLPO: Declaration of the Marxist-Leninist Parties of Latin America

 Declaration of the Marxist-Leninist Parties of Latin America  

The parties of Latin America that are members of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations, ICMLPO [ www.cipoml.net ], have had an important and fruitful meeting in which we have reviewed what is happening in this region and how we are fulfilling our commitment to organizing the fundamental forces to advance in the organization of the revolution and socialism.  

1. Latin America is one of the hardest hit regions of the planet in terms of the growth of its economy and the deterioration of the living conditions of the people. Here the levels of poverty and extreme poverty, the efforts of the bourgeoisie to promote labor flexibility and increase the levels of capitalist exploitation, the number of unemployed and underemployed, of homeless men and women, of young people who are forced to leave educational establishments and cannot find work, of women victims of violence; families forced to migrate from their cities and countries are growing; but also the amount of wealth concentrated in a few hands and the number of new rich people who have amassed recent fortunes are growing.  

2. In recent years we have witnessed a new process of changeover of bourgeois-political forces in the management of governments. The failure of openly neoliberal governments has given way to the presence of so-called progressive governments which, despite their pseudo-revolutionary rhetoric, also represent the interests of international monopoly capital and big local capital, although their features are different. None of these bourgeois choices represents the interests of the workers and peoples.  

The forces of fascism have not been able to implement their project in Brazil, the people have confronted it in the street. However, fascism persists as a threat against the peoples, as an instrument at the service of capital.  

3. The general crisis of capitalism, the serious problems facing the world economy and the economies of the different countries, the anti-popular content of the policies carried out by the governments, are causing the discontent and dissatisfaction of the masses to grow and to express themselves in mobilizations of protest for their demands and rights. The ebb that affected the labor and popular movement during the pandemic has been left behind; today we are witnessing a new moment of development and growth of the struggle of the workers, peasants, youth, women, residents of popular neighborhoods, indigenous peoples. They are struggles for the urgent needs of the peoples, for political rights, which are confronting governments and, at the same time, confronting capitalism because they are the fruit of this system.  

4. The conditions for the impetus of our revolutionary activity have improved, but how much we advance depends, above all, on what we do. Our parties are committed to the promotion of revolutionary activity in each of the countries, we are striving to present political and organizational alternatives in order to advance in the organization of the workers and peoples, to strengthen their unity, to develop the class struggle.  

5. A condition for fulfilling our strategic objectives is to win the masses to revolutionary positions, which is why we understand the need to strengthen our ideological work, to disseminate our political and programmatic theses, our theoretical conceptions. To fulfill that purpose, we have considered specific activities.  

6. We have a great challenge: to completely fulfill our condition as a revolutionary political vanguard in each of our countries, which implies reaffirming our Marxist-Leninist positions and improving our skills to apply theory to the concrete conditions of each place or country; it also implies having sufficient strength to lead the masses in the struggle for their material demands and in the revolutionary political struggle for the seizure of power.  

7. The struggle to put an end to the domination of capital has an international character in its content, and a national character in its form. Guided by this Marxist-Leninist principle, we reaffirm our commitment to the internationalist tasks that the organization of the proletarian revolution requires. We reiterate our solidarity with the struggle of the workers and peoples around the world, their struggles strike the domination of capital and affirm the way to achieve social emancipation, socialism.  

8. We salute the political-electoral victory achieved by the Colombian people who have defeated the most reactionary bourgeoisie in the country at the polls, allowing the establishment of a government that the people hope will fulfill their aspirations and the yearning for change.  

9. We condemn xenophobic and racist ideas and practices promoted by bourgeois factions against men and women who, due to the deplorable material living conditions, in some cases, and political circumstances, in others, have been forced into migration. We express our solidarity with those who are going through these circumstances.  

10. We condemn the inter-imperialist war taking place in Ukraine; we reject the action of the military blocs and the warlike policies that are being applied to maintain this war. We denounce the warlike actions that the imperialist powers are promoting around the world.  

Meeting of Marxist-Leninist Parties of Latin America, members of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations ICMLPO  

Quito, August 2022