PCP calls for an immediate and permanent cease-fire in the Middle East

3 October 2024

Expressing its concern for the worsening situation in the Middle East, the PCP vehemently condemns the escalation of war promoted by Israel, namely its new aggression against Lebanon, which confirms Israel’s intention to expand the conflict to the entire region. One year of genocide against the Palestinian people, and successive provocations and attacks against various countries, prove that Israel’s Zionist Government is not interested in peace in the Middle East.

PCP condemns the escalation of aggression in Lebanon

22 September 2024

PCP firmly condemns the escalation of Israel's war against Lebanon that is once again targeting the Lebanese people and is inseparable from the genocide by Israel’s Zionist government against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, which and threatens to ignite the entire Middle East.

Communiqué of the Central Committee of the PCP of September 21 and 22, 2024

22 September 2024

The Central Committee of the PCP, meeting on September 21 and 22, 2024, adopted the Theses - Draft Political Resolution of the XXII Congress of the PCP. It analysed the political situation and pointed out lines of work and action, following the success of the 48th. Avante! Festival

Memorial Session of the Centenary of the Birth of Amílcar Cabral

Memorial Session of the Centenary of the Birth of Amílcar Cabral

11 September 2024

On behalf of the Portuguese Communist Party, I would like to greet all those present here and express special thanks to the artists and all those involved in the cultural event that we had the privilege of attending at this memorial session, at a time when tomorrow, September 12, marks 100 years since the birth of Amílcar Cabral. A greeting to the diplomatic representatives of the Angolan, Cape Verdean, Chinese, Cuban, Mozambican and East Timorese states, who honoured us with their presence.

Rally of the Avante! Festival24

Rally of the Avante! Festival 24

8 September 2024

What a beautiful Festival this is, built inch by inch by thousands of militants and friends of the Party and of the Festival. Please allow me to say a special word to the JCP and the youth who have made their presence felt and made this Festival their own, which in the words of Álvaro Cunhal is “the biggest, the most amazing, the most fraternal and humane ever held in our country”.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the importance of the struggle for peace

6 August 2024

There are some events that, because of their historical significance and the lessons they hold, will never be forgotten. Such is the case with the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. Bombings that immediately caused around 200,000 deaths and left an unspeakable trail of destruction and suffering.

On the worsening of the situation in the Middle East as a result of Israel's escalation of confrontation

2 August 2024

The PCP expresses its great concern in view of the escalation of the murders carried out by Israel of the head of Hamas' political leadership, Ismael Haniyeh, in Tehran, Iran, and of Hezbollah leaders in Beirut, Lebanon. These actions are an expression of Israel's condemnable policy of state terrorism, which seeks by all means to exacerbate tension and plunge the Middle East into a widespread confrontation, with even more dramatic consequences for the peoples of the region.

On the presidential elections in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

30 July 2024

The presidential elections in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela were an important democratic moment, in which millions of Venezuelans took part and whose results reaffirmed popular support for the Bolivarian process, which is all the more significant when it is expressed in the context of decades of resistance to the successive interference and destabilisation operations promoted by the USA and the European Union against Venezuela.

For peace! For a system of collective security! No to war! No to NATO!

25 July 2024

The NATO Summit, which took place in Washington from July 9 to 11, was marked by the profusion of warmongering rhetoric, the affirmation of the offensive nature of this political-military bloc, the insistence on its strategy of confrontation and war, confirming that it is the greatest threat to peace and to the peoples of the world.

On the parliamentary elections in France

8 July 2024

The early parliamentary elections, held on June 30 and July 7 in France, were marked by a new setback for the political forces that have supported President Macron's neoliberal government, an increase in the number of elected members of the "New Popular Front" electoral coalition, which came first in the second round of the elections, and an increase in the number of elected members of the far-right "Rassemblement National", which did not, however, achieve a majority.