Green Alliance (Colombia)
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Green Alliance Alianza Verde | |
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Co-Presidents | Luis Carlos Avellaneda Antonio Sanguino |
Founded | 2005 |
Headquarters | Bogotá, Colombia |
Ideology | Green politics Progressivism |
Political position | Centre-left |
Regional affiliation | Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas |
International affiliation | Global Greens |
Colours | Green |
Chamber of Representatives | 15 / 188
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Senate | 9 / 108
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Governors | 3 / 32
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Mayors | 50 / 1,102
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The Green Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Verde) is a green political party in Colombia.[1] The party advocates social justice, electoral reform and economic sustainability.[2]
The party supports the Colombian peace process and formed the electoral alliance Coalition Colombia with centrist and centre-left parties such as Civic Compromise to present a single presidential candidate, Sergio Fajardo in the 2018 presidential election.[3]
History
The party was founded on November 25, 2005 in Bogotá by a group of people headed by Carlos Ramón González Merchan and Elías Pineda.
2007 regional elections
For the October 28, 2007 Colombian regional elections to elect department governors, department assembly deputies, mayors and councils and Local Administrative Juntas the party surprisngly won the governorships of Cesar with candidate Cristian Moreno Panezo and Boyacá with candidate José Roso Millán. The party also obtained 23 municipal mayors.[4]
2010 congressional elections
Three independent former mayors of Bogota, Luis Eduardo Garzón, Antanas Mockus, and Enrique Peñalosa, formed an alliance to choose an independent candidate for the presidency. However, they required a political structure. The ad-hoc coalition merged with the Centre Option Green Party, which changed its name to Green Party. Following this, the new party joined by many regional politicians.
Mockus was elected candidate for the presidency in the Green Party's primary elections, held on March 14, 2010. On the same day, the party gained 5 seats in the Senate. Independent presidential candidate and former mayor of Medellín, Sergio Fajardo, joined the Mockus campaign soon after and was chosen as the Green Party's Vice Presidential candidate.
2010 Presidential Elections
On May 30, 2010, the party's candidate Antanas Mockus came second in the first round of the 2010 presidential election with 21% of the vote. In the second round, he was defeated by Juan Manuel Santos, who won 68% of the vote to Mockus' 28%.[5]
Slogans
- "Your Life is Sacred"
- "Public Resources are Sacred"
- "Not Everything is Justifiable"
- "Conscience Vote"
- "Natural Resources Are Sacred"
See also
References
- ^ Castro Morales, Juan Pablo (1 July 2011). Partido Verde: Ni izquierda ni derecha.
- ^ "Principios y prioridades". alianzaverde.org.co (in European Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El. "'Coalición está cerca': De la Calle sobre alianza con López y Fajardo". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Partido Verde Opción Centro, casi desconocido en el país, ganó dos gobernaciones y 23 alcaldías - Archivo - Archivo digital eltiempo.com[permanent dead link]
- ^ Murphy, Helen and Bristow, Matthew. "Colombia’s Santos Hails Uribe in Landslide Presidential Victory", Bloomberg Businessweek, New York City, June 21, 2010
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