Comunismo a la tica (also known in Spanish as comunismo criollo) is a variant of communist thought developed by the Costa Rican politician Manuel Mora Valverde, that he sought to promote a communism different from that imposed by Moscow and the Comintern, and that, on the contrary, was based, according to him, "on Costa Rican democratic, pacifist and institutional principles, traditions and values".
[1] Manuel Mora Valverde at one point was critical of the doctrine imposed by the Soviet Union on communist parties around the world, and especially Stalinism, but without approaching Trotskyism as it used to be.
[2] Likewise, according to Mora, his proposal for communism not only supports the existence of a democratic regime, but also defends a deepening of democracy with an economic content.
"[3] The more moderate positions of Mora and his followers led them into increasing confrontations with other more orthodox communist leaders such as Humberto Vargas Carbonell who wanted to make the changes through revolutionary and radical means.
Which led, finally, to a fracture of Costa Rican communism that was divided into two blocks; Mora Valverde, who founded the Costa Rican People's Party, and Vargas Carbonell, who maintained control over Popular Vanguard.