ORGANIZATION OF LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN'S MOVEMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002400580009-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 1999
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 9, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE DISTR. 9 Liar 1949
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1. When Gilberto Vieira :White, Sol-!rotary General of the Partido Comunista de
Colombia (FCC -? Communist Party of Colombia), roturne(1 from his recent trip to
quito, Ecuador,* he reported that one of the principal decisions made at the
informal' meetings there had been the organization of a Communist women's movement
in Latin America. He stated that the continent would be divided into geo-
graphical -ogions an' that the headquarters for the Bolivarian co'nztries, i.e.,
Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador,,, Peru, and Bolivia, would be set up in
Quito under the direction of the Ecuadoran woman Communist leader, IIela
Espinosa de Martinez. This regional headquarters wo=rld facilitate collaboration
and exchange of ideas between the various national movements and in turn would
cooperate with other regional headquarters. One organization with which
contact would. be made was the American Committee of the International Women's
League for Peace and Liberty, which has its headquarters in Washington, D. C.
2. Organization of this movement in Colombia has been entrusted to Mercedes Abadia,
the foremost woman Corrtmist in that country and a member of the PCC Central
Com.:ittee in charge of women's affairs. For the purposes of organization,
Colombia will ')e divided into sections, rather than departments, each of which
will be directly handlel by a sectional directorate under a woman Communist.
Carmen Castro de Sevilia has been mentioned as having been placed in charge of
the Cali section. As a first stop toward putting the plan into effect, Mercedes
Abadia plans to publish a snail propaganda leaflet outlining the purposes of the
organization.
3. The new movement will not be limited to members of the PCC. All women members
of the Partido Comunista. Obrero as well as of the FCC and non-Communists, will
be asked to. join. It is expected that the majority will be non-Comrqunist but
will be controlled by Comrnunisgts. It is hoped by Vieira Ahite and lbadia that
the organization will influence many women to accept the principles of Corr^ul^ism
and will help to combat the influence of the Catholic Church.
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