Party of Communist Unification in the Canaries

Party of Communist Unification in the Canaries
Partido de Unificación Comunista en Canarias
ChairmanPaco Tovar Santos
Founded1975 (underground)
September 16, 1977 (1977-09-16) (legally)
Dissolved2012 (2012)
Merged intoCommunist Party of the People of Spain
NewspaperComunista
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Canarian nationalism
Canarian independence

The Party of Communist Unification in the Canaries (Spanish: Partido de Unificación Comunista en Canarias) was a communist party working for the political autonomy of the Canary Islands. PUCC appeared sometime in 1975, and held its first conference in 1978. PUCC originated from OPI a leftist split of the Communist Party of Spain. PUCC worked underground during caudillo Francisco Franco's Spanish State. The leader of PUCC was Paco Tovar Santos, and its internal bulletin was called Comunista ("Communist").