Dominican Workers' Party

The Dominican Workers' Party (Spanish: Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos, PTD) was a socialist political party in the Dominican Republic^[1] founded in 1980.^[2] At its foundation, the party also supported Maoism, but later dropped references to it. The longest-serving leader and secretary general of the party was José González Espinosa,^[3] in office from the party's foundation until 2012. In the 16 May 2006 election, the party was a member of the winning Progressive Bloc.

Key Information

Dominican Workers' Party Partido de los Trabajadores Dominicanos
Founded	21 December 1980
Dissolved	17 December 2019 (2019-12-17)
Merger of	Red Line Proletarian Flag
Succeeded by	People's Force
Ideology	Socialism
Political position	Left-wing
Continental affiliation	São Paulo Forum
Website
www.ptd.org.do
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In December 2019, the party was transformed into People's Force.

The party published a periodical, Liberación.^[3]

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. ^ "PTD-'La Fuerza del Pueblo' fue un partido de izquierda". listindiario.com (in Spanish). 2019-10-21. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Leftist Parties of the Dominican Republic". Archived from the original on 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2006-11-07.

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