The Green Alliance ( es, Alianza Verde) is a
green political party
A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence.
Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...
in Colombia. The party advocates social justice, electoral reform and economic sustainability.
The party supports the
Colombian peace process
The Colombian peace process is the peace process between the Colombian government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC–EP) to bring an end to the Colombian conflict, which eventually led to the ...
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
Sergio Fajardo Valderrama (; born 19 June 1956) is a Colombian politician and mathematician. Fajardo served as the Governor of Antioquia from 2012 to 2016. He first entered politics in 2003 when he was elected Mayor of Medellin, the second-l ...
in the
2018 presidential election.
History
The party was founded on November 25, 2005 in
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...
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
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the party surprisngly won the governorships of
Cesar with candidate
Cristian Moreno Panezo
Cristian Moreno Panezo (born September 22, 1970) is a Colombian politician and lawyer from the Universidad del Atlantico with a specialization in constitutional law from the National University of Colombia. On October 28, 2007 Moreno was elected ...
and
Boyacá with candidate
José Roso Millán
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ).
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. The party also obtained 23 municipal mayors.
2010 congressional elections
Three independent former mayors of Bogota,
Luis Eduardo Garzón
Luis Eduardo Garzón (nicknamed "Lucho") (born February 11, 1951 in Bogotá) is the former Mayor of Bogotá (2004–2007), a left-wing Colombian political activist and a former union leader. He is a former member of the Alternative Democratic ...
,
Antanas Mockus
Aurelijus Rūtenis Antanas Mockus Šivickas (; born 25 March 1952) is a Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician. He has a master's degree in philosophy from the National University of Colombia, and a Honoris Causa PhD from the U ...
, and
Enrique Peñalosa
Enrique Peñalosa Londoño (born 30 September 1954) is a Colombian politician. He was mayor of Bogotá from 1998 until 2001 and elected again in 2015 for the 2016–2019 term. He was prominently featured in the Panama Papers for use of off-s ...
, 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
Sergio Fajardo Valderrama (; born 19 June 1956) is a Colombian politician and mathematician. Fajardo served as the Governor of Antioquia from 2012 to 2016. He first entered politics in 2003 when he was elected Mayor of Medellin, the second-l ...
, 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
Aurelijus Rūtenis Antanas Mockus Šivickas (; born 25 March 1952) is a Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician. He has a master's degree in philosophy from the National University of Colombia, and a Honoris Causa PhD from the U ...
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
Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (; born 10 August 1951) is a Colombian politician who was the President of Colombia from 2010 to 2018. He was the sole recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.
An economist by profession and a journalist by trade, ...
, who won 68% of the vote to Mockus' 28%.
[Murphy, Helen and Bristow, Matthew]
"Colombia’s Santos Hails Uribe in Landslide Presidential Victory"
''Bloomberg Businessweek'', New York City, June 21, 2010
Slogans
*''"Your Life is Sacred"''
*''"Public Resources are Sacred"''
*''"Not Everything is Justifiable"''
*''"Conscience Vote"''
*''"Natural Resources Are Sacred"''
See also
*
Oxygen Green Party
The Oxygen Green Party ( es, Partido Verde Oxígeno) is a political party in Colombia founded in 1998. After Íngrid Betancourt, one of its most prominent members, was kidnapped in 2002, the party's popular support began to fade. In 2005, a po ...
References
External links
Colombian Green Alliance
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Green Alliance Green Alliance may refer to:
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* Green Alliance (Ireland), former name of the Green Party in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
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Political parties established in 2005
Global Greens member parties
2005 establishments in Colombia