Green Party (Colombia)

Colombian Green Party

President	Luis Carlos Avellaneda (Co-president) Antonio Sanguino (Co-president)
Founded	2005 (2005)
Headquarters	Bogotá, Colombia
Ideology	Green politics Participatory politics Progressivism Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
International affiliation	Global Greens
Colours	Green
Seats in the Chamber of Representatives	6 / 166
Seats in the Senate	5 / 102
Governors	2 / 32
Website
www.partidoverde.org.co
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Colombian Green Party (Spanish: Partido Verde Colombiano) is a Colombian political party associated with the philosophies of the Green party as well as the "political middle". The party advocates for having an ecological conscience, social justice, participative democracy, non violence resolutions, human sustainability and respect for diversity in order to improve the Colombian social, economic and political struggle and bring to an end the Colombian armed conflict. The Party is mostly influenced by the French party "The Greens" and the Global Greens.

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

Main article: Colombian regional election, 2007

For the October 28, 2007 Colombian regional elections to elect department governors, department assembly deputies, mayors and councils and Local Administrative Juntas the party oddly won the governorships of Cesar with candidate Cristian Moreno Panezo and Boyacá with candidate José Roso Millán. The party also obtained 23 Municipal mayors.^[1]

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, the Colombian Green Party became the second political force as a result of the First Round of the Presidential Election with 21% of the electorate. On June 21, they received 28% of the vote thereby losing the Presidential election to Juan Manuel Santos who achieved 69%.^[2]

Slogans

"Your Life is Sacred"
"Public Resources are Sacred"
"Not Everything is Justifiable"
"Conscience Vote"
"Natural Resources Are Sacred"

References

↑ Partido Verde Opción Centro, casi desconocido en el país, ganó dos gobernaciones y 23 alcaldías - Archivo - Archivo digital eltiempo.com
↑ Murphy, Helen and Bristow, Matthew. "Colombia’s Santos Hails Uribe in Landslide Presidential Victory", Bloomberg Businessweek, New York City, June 21, 2010

External links

(Spanish) Colombian Green Party

Political parties in Colombia

Chamber of Representatives	Colombian Liberal Party (39) Social Party of National Unity (37) Colombian Conservative Party (28) Democratic Center (18) Radical Change (16) Green Party (6) National Integration Party (6) Alternative Democratic Pole (3) Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation (3) 100% Colombia (3) Indigenous Authorities of Colombia (2) FUNECO (2) Indigenous Social Alliance Movement (1) For a Greater Huila (1)

Senate	Social Party of National Unity (21) Democratic Center (20) Colombian Conservative Party (18) Colombian Liberal Party (17) Radical Change (9) Green Party (5) Alternative Democratic Pole (5) National Integration Party (5) Indigenous and Alternative Social Movement (1) Indigenous Social Alliance Movement (1)

Historical	Alternative of Social Progress Alterning Road Christian National Party Christians for Community Citizens' Convergence Citizens' Movement Citizens' Political Movement for Bocaya Civic People's Convergence Civic Purpose Colombia Coalition Colombia Always Colombia Unite Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement Colombian People's Party Colombian Social Democratic Party Community Participation Democratic Colombia Party Democratic Progressivity Democratic Unity Party For the Country of our Dreams Front of Hope Hope, Peace and Liberty Huila New and Liberalism Citizens' Footprint Movement Independent Civic Movement Independent Conservatism Independent Democratic Pole Living Colombia Movement Liberal Alternative Liberal Opening Moral and Social Vanguard Party Let's Go Colombia Movimiento Dejen Jugar al Moreno National Democratic Reconstruction National Movement National Popular Alliance National Salvation Movement New Democratic Force New Liberalism Oxygen Green Party Patriotic Union (UP) People's Integration Movement People's Participation Movement People's Will Movement Political Movement for Social Security Progressive Force Progressive National Movement Regional Integration Movement Renovation Movement Labour Action Republican Movement Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement Social Action Party Social and Political Front Team Colombia Unionist Movement United People's Movement We are Colombia Yes Colombia

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Green parties by country

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Burkina Faso Rally of the Ecologists Ecologist Party Burundi Central African Republic Chad Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Gabon Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Madagascar Mali Mauritius Morocco The Greens Izigzawen Mozambique Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Green Party Democratic Green Party South Africa Green Alliance Green Party Togo Tunisia Uganda Ecological Party Green Party Zambia

Americas	Argentina Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Guatemala French Guyana Haiti Mexico Nicaragua Peru Puerto Rico Saint Vincent and the Grenadines United States Uruguay Green Sol PERI Venezuela

Asia-Pacific	Australia Fiji French Polynesia Hong Kong India Iran Iraq Israel Meretz The Green Movement The Greens Japan Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Civil Will-Green Green Party Nepal Hariyali Green Civil Society New Caledonia New Zealand Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Uzbekistan Vanuatu

Europe (EGP FYEG)	Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Flanders and Brussels Wallonia and Brussels Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Green Party The Greens Croatia Croatian Sustainable Development Green List Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Socialist People's Party The Greens Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Alliance '90/The Greens Ecological Democratic Party Greece Hungary Dialogue for Hungary Politics Can Be Different Iceland Ireland Italy Federation of the Greens Green Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands GroenLinks The Greens Norway Poland Portugal Earth Party Green Party LIVRE Romania Ecologist Party Green Party Russia Green Alternative (GROZA) Ecological Party "The Greens" (KEDR) Union of Greens (Green Russia) Alliance of Greens and Social Democrats Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Greens Youth Party Spain Catalonia Greens Confederation of the Greens Equo Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom England and Wales (Wales) Northern Ireland Scotland

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