The Paraguayan Communist Party and the political thought of Mauricio Schvartzman

Abstract

Marxism came to Latinamerican at the end of 19th century, possibly a few years after Marx’s death, imported by emigrated European workers. Many of those workers rejected it, although those interested in social changes accepted it without major modifications, while others adapted it to make it compatible with their national experiences; for this reason, Marxism adopted different specifities when it was received and appropriated in each of the nations of our continent. In this context, the Paraguayan Communist Party would emerge at the end of 1920’s and whose origin and development is analyzed in this research. It is also addressed the thought of Mauricio Schvartzman a member of the Paraguayan Communist Party who combined knowledge and action, thus he contributed to give a new nuance to the interpretation of the Paraguayan historical process, from Marxism, in the construction of the society in that country.