United Party of the Socialist Revolution of Cuba

Established in 1925, with roots tracing to the Cuban Revolutionary Party, which was proclaimed on April 10, 1892 by José Martí (initially named the Cuban Communist Party), the Popular Socialist Party (PSP) was a Marxist-Leninist political party that faced political oppression for much of its existence, initially from 1925 until 1938, the organization experienced a mass purge of party membership with it being reorganized into the PURSC by March, 1962. By 1965, the political vanguard had cemented itself across all facets of Cuba and key meetings in late September and early October of that year (from September 30 to October 1) resulted in the formation of the Political Bureau (Politburo), the Secretariat, and Work Commissions. These top party meetings also led to the consolidation of newspapers Hoy and Revolución into Granma, the official newspaper of the party. On October 2, 1965, the decision to rename the PURSC into the PCC was ratified. By October 3, 1965, the Communist Party of Cuba was formed. == Organization structure ==

The PURSC was run by a 6-person secretariat: Fidel Castro (First Secretary), Raúl Castro (Deputy Secretary), Ernesto Che Guevara, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Blas Roca, and Emilio Aragonés. In addition to the Secretariat was the National Directory, which comprised all of the Secretariat and 25 other members (13 from M-26-7, 10 from the PSP, and 2 from the Revolutionary Directorate). ==References==