The southeast Asian nation of Laos became the Lao People's Democratic Republic in 1975. The government was overthrown in a communist revolution that was aided by the Russians and the Chinese.
Communist
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.
Communist.
Yes
Pathet lao
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
It is still a communist country
No. China is officially communist, as are Laos and Vietnam (although one would debate how truly communist these are). North Korea is not officially communist, but in every other respect, it is.
We didn't want them to become communist allies to the enemy we were already fighting.
Yes