The Argentine Communist Party and the military coup of 1976: the historical roots of civil-military convergence

From early 1975 until late 1982, the Argentine Communist Party (PCA) was driving to the slogan of "civic-military government" or "broad democratic coalition government". One of the unresolved questions of this research refers precisely to the causes that led to the Communist Party to rely on one sector of the armed forces and adapt to one of the bloodiest dictatorships of Argentina's history. This paper presents the first results of the investigation to answer this question. For this, we analyzed both the theoretical foundations of the political program that shaped a unique vision of the revolution, as its particular readings on pre-coup situation.