Talk:Communist Party of Bolivia (Marxist–Leninist)

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Merger?

Just to clarify, these two articles should not be merged. Albeit names were similar, these were two different parties. --Soman (talk) 18:27, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Or well, it depends on perspective. Spanish wiki explains the history from the perspective of PCmlm, es:Partido_Comunista_de_Bolivia_(Marxista-leninista-Maoísta). --Soman (talk) 18:52, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Basically, the contemporary PCmlm considers itself as the one party founded in 1965. But the devil is in the detail, the notion of the refoundation in 1988 and the 'expulsion' of Zamora could easily be defined as the foundation of a new party. The problem is that we don't (?) have access to the narrative of Zamora's followers (who rarely speak about the PCML experience today) nor any npov external observer. My understanding, but I can't back this up with concrete evidence, is that Zamora's PCB(ML) was deactivated after the death of Mao and that FRI became their new party (rather than just a front). In such a case there would definately have been a gap in continuity between the PCML founded in 1965 and the current PCmlm. What would be really interesting would be any kind of document, life sign of PCML between 1978 and 1987. --Soman (talk) 19:14, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

https://books.google.com/books?id=WL2v2FQGwqgC&pg=PA64 talks about PCML (of Zamora) entering a pact with Banzer in 1989. If Zamora's PCML was still in existence at this point, the PCML of Zamora and the PC(ML)B that later evolved into PCmlm are definately two different parties. However, I'm not 100% convinced that Zamora's party maintained an underground aparatus up to 1989, perhaps the author just uses 'PCML' as euphemism for FRI? --Soman (talk) 19:24, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It seems the answer is in this document, but I just have snippet view for now: https://books.google.com/books?id=VLQOAAAAYAAJ --Soman (talk) 19:42, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Or perhaps not. The same material, more or less, is available at http://pormassas.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Diccionario.pdf , PCML-R emerged in 1980. From the snippet view it says PCML-R disintegrated quickly, with one group led Raul Ruiz Gonzales siding with Albania. --Soman (talk) 19:54, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=zDs8AQAAIAAJ p. 60 , from 1985, mentions "PCML-Oscar Zamora" and "PCML-Raul Ruiz" on the same page. Only snippet view, however... --Soman (talk) 20:02, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

...and a "PCBML-Guido Zambrana".... Not sure if the source is 100% reliable, however. --Soman (talk) 20:03, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The above ref is copy-pasted from https://books.google.com/books?id=wYMaAAAAYAAJ . Only snippet view. Talks of a split in 1979, in which Oscar Zamora would have been 'expelled'. "En 1979, el PCML expulsa de sus filas y de la dirección a Oscar Zamora Medinacelli. Firman la decisión Guido Zambrana, Modesto Reynaga Gordillo e Ingrid Küster Urioste.". --Soman (talk) 20:05, 9 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have to confess that I added the merge tags just based on the fact that both articles are unsourced and that there's no indication of the two parties being separate, while the naming (possibly just variants of the same) and the interwikilinks lead me to the assumption that the two parties might in fact be the same. Now your investigations might at least lead to both articles being properly sourced and maybe at least slightly more informative. But it looks like, the complete picture is – as usually – even more complicated. I will look into your material asap. Thanks and best regards, PanchoS (talk) 07:31, 10 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]