China, Cuba, Korea, Laos and Vietnam all have DOTP. The others have pro-socialist governments but no DOTP.
China, Cuba, North Korea, Laos and Vietnam: OK, they're socialist.
Venezuela and Nepal are a strange case where the leftists have the majority of the congress, the supreme court and the executive, but their constitutions still contain capitalist elements and they still have a relevant right-wing legal opposition.
Nicaragua and Bolivia are liberal democracies, but the socialists hold control of most of the government.
I'd place them in three categories:
Unambiguously socialist in the traditional sense and uses a planned economy- Cuba and DPRK
Uses a capitalist mode of production, has a socialist government and constitution- China, Vietnam, Laos
Has a socialist ruling party majority but lacks a socialist constitution, meaning right wing parties still have some influence- Venezuela, Nepal, Bolivia
Nicaragua would fit in third category but I heard they are recently transitioning more towards proper socialism so I will just leave them out for now.
I agree with most of this, but China, Vietnam and Laos all plan their economies as well
Slightly too broad of a definition. Nepal, Colombia, and Venezuela can only be as "Socialist" as Denmark, Sweden or other Euro Soc-Dem models, there is no public ownership of the means of production. What makes them unique is that they happen to be in the global south and on the receiving end of imperialism, and therefore more incentivized to align with AES than with the empire.
What kind of publication is Pamphlets because according to this they're on the North Korean Government line
I disagree about Colombia and Venezuela, they are antagonistic towards the hegemonic power but not socialists, Venezuela in particular, maduro has his merits but he also persecuted the Venezuelan communist party. Among the other I am most confident in Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, and Korea, the rest I know much too little about
he also persecuted the Venezuelan communist party
Part of the PCV works with the Far-Right Opposition, literally CIA backed shit. The Supreme Court gave the party to other members who are Pro-Maduro and still support him. There are many so called Communist Parties in Latin America who are either irrelevant or work to destabilize Left-Wing goverments, and these people later on join Neoliberal parties.
Its a big problem when communist party are persecuted, look at poland and hungary
The PCV is a smaller satellite party of the larger ruling party, the PSUV (United Socialist Party of Venezuela).
