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∙ 12y agoNo Laos is not!
Before 1986 Laos was ruled on bureaucratic Stalinist line. That means that a small bureaucracy rules the nation. That burecuracy is under the control of the leadership of a communist party. Western anticommunist historians call nations with a ''communist party'' leadership ( like China, the USSR and Laos ) ''communist''. But that is pure Propaganda to turn people against communism. Because a communist society cannot have a state, communism is anti-state and anti-elitism. Stalinist Laos was the opposite of a communist society.
The Laos Stalinist bureaucracy never claimed they were communist. They called their nation socialist ( a period between capitalism and communism ). Again it were western history makers who called Laos'' communist''.
Today Laos is capitalist. The free market is ruling again. Capitalists can own workers and get all the profits. The former Stalinist state is still there, but it has no meaning any more. That is why the Laos emblem was changed in 1990. The communist symbols were removed from the national emblem, to show the world that Laos had opened for capitalism.
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Is Laos a free country?
It is still a communist country
What are the countries are communist?
The FIVE remaining communist countries are; Cuba, China, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos. The closest communist country to the United States is Cuba, and the largest communist country is China. ~ John 9th grade
Is Laos a democracy?
Yes
What type of government does Vietnam still have today?
communist, as does Cuba, Laos, China, and North Korea
What is the economy for Laos?
Communist
What Asian country is under communist rule?
The 3 asian countries under communist rule are: 1. Laos 2. China 3. Vietnam
In what other country besides Vietnam did the US try to stop a communist take over?
Cambodia, Laos
Does North Korea has a communist?
Yes it is a Communist country still today.
What type of government does Laos have?
Laos is ruled the Pathet Lao, which is a Communist Party. Laos is usually considered a single-party socialist republic, which is a fancy way of saying "communist" in the way that China and Vietnam are Communist.
What type of government is Laos?
Communist.
What countries in Eastern Europe had communist government?
Communism has no classes or borders or states and will have to exist at a global level, so there can be no such thing as a Communist country. USSR, Cuba etc were state capitalist.
Who and when was Laos was found?
Laos was originally part of the Khmer Empire. The region became a powerful Lao kingdom (14th-15th century) and was later incorporated into French Indochina in 1893. Laos gained its independence in 1953, but a Communist uprising soon drew the country into a civil war, and a Communist state was established in 1975.
