Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun

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{{Short description|Maoist guerilla group in Ecuador}}

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| name = Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun

| native_name = Partido Comunista de Ecuador – Sol Rojo

| native_name_lang = es

| abbreviation = PCE-SR

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| foundation = {{start date|1993|06|01|df=y}}

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| ideology = {{ubl|class=nowrap

| Communism

| Marxism–Leninism–Maoism

| Gonzalo Thought

| Anti-revisionism

| Revolutionary socialism{{cite web|url=https://cedema.org/digital_items/4418|title=Por un futuro luminoso del proletariado. Por un primero de mayo combativo|work=cedema|accessdate=2023-05-16}}

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| position = Far-left

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| international = ICL{{Cite web|last= |first= |date=April 30, 2023 |title=Declaración del 1° mayo de la LCI |url=https://pukainti.blogspot.com/2023/04/declaracion-del-1-mayo-de-la-lci.html |access-date=November 4, 2023 |website=Puka Inti Blogspot}}

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| flag = PCE-SR-flag.svg

| website = [http://pukainti.blogspot.com Puka Inti]

| country = Ecuador

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The Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun ({{langx|es|Partido Comunista de Ecuador - Sol Rojo}}, PCE-SR), also known as {{lang|qu|Puka Inti}} (Quechua for "Red Sun") is a Marxist–Leninist–Maoist group in Ecuador. It was founded on 1 June 1993 and carried out several minor bombings in that year.{{Cite web|title=Cedema.org - Viendo: A la aurora de la liberación, con la guerra popular|url=http://www.cedema.org/ver.php?id=1949|access-date=11 December 2020|website=www.cedema.org}} In 1994 the US State Department estimated that the group had less than 100 members.US State Department. Patterns of Global Terrorism. [https://books.google.com/books?id=5ROXRV16aSsC&pg=PA13&dq=puka+inti+ecuador&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjnqPzElb6LAxWIFVkFHcEgOfwQ6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&q=puka%20inti%20ecuador&f=false Page 13]. From inception, until their death, the group's former leader used the nom de guerre "Comrade Joselo".{{Cite web|title=Cedema.org - Viendo: Comunicado sobre el fallecimiento del Camarada Joselo|url=http://www.cedema.org/ver.php?id=8847|access-date=11 December 2020|website=www.cedema.org}} Joselo died on November 6, 2022{{Cite web |last=tribuneofthepeople |date=2020-11-13 |title=Comrade Joselo, Present in the Struggle! |url=https://tribuneofthepeoplenews.wordpress.com/2020/11/13/comrade-joselo-present-in-the-strugle/ |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=Tribune of the People |language=en}} with no announcement of a successor. The PCE-SR consists mostly of former members of the underground leftist group {{lang|es|¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo!}} The organization follows the ideas of the Peruvian communist leader Abimael Guzmán, founder and longtime chairman of the Shining Path in Peru.{{cite web|url=https://cedema.org/digital_items/4358|title=A condenar, rechazar y combatir la agresión imperialista a Libia|work=Cedema|accessdate=2023-05-16}}{{cite web|url=https://cedema.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/attachments/rr82qrjxjxodrjjgw879nw0zrofk?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22PCE-SR_1Mayo_Combativo.pdf%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27PCE-SR_1Mayo_Combativo.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=CEPOP77DLIWQVTACUYLB%2F20230516%2Ffra1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20230516T175917Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=c107f3b9040e810750ec13e58597b22b95ebe3e9342e9072c421bb7659b5cc9a|title=Acciones en el 1º de Mayo|work=Cedema|accessdate=2023-05-16}} The organization has also become close to the {{ill|Comité_Base_Mantaro_Rojo|es|lt=Mantaro Red Base Committee}},{{Cite web |title=CeDeMA |url=https://cedema.org/digital_items/4504 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=cedema.org}}{{Cite web |title=CeDeMA |url=https://cedema.org/digital_items/6166 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=cedema.org}} the Communist Party of India (Maoist),{{Cite web |title=CeDeMA |url=https://cedema.org/digital_items/6467 |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=cedema.org}} and is also a member of the International Communist League (Maoist).{{Cite web |title=International Communist League (ICL) |url=https://www.bannedthought.net/International/ICL/index.htm#:~:text=Communist%20Party%20of%20Equator%20%E2%80%93%20Red%20Sun%20(PCE-SR)%20%5BEcuador%5D |access-date=2023-12-18 |website=www.bannedthought.net}}

The group has protested for workers' rights, and against increased bureaucratic policing and government displacement of communities from economic infrastructure such as mining. Taking inspiration from the Shining Path, PCE-SR advocates for the peasant seizure of farmlands, electoral boycotting, and violence against state institutions.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=February 2, 2017 |title=¡NO VOTAR!, ¡BOICOTEAR LAS ELECCIONES! |url=https://pukainti.blogspot.com/2017/02/no-votar-boicotear-las-elecciones.html?m=1 |access-date=August 17, 2022 |website=Puka Inti Blogspot}}