The Green Alliance ( es, Alianza Verde) is a green political party in Colombia. The party advocates social justice, electoral reform and economic sustainability. 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 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

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and

Elías Pineda Elias is the Greek equivalent of Elijah ( he, אֵלִיָּהוּ‎ ''ʾĒlīyyāhū''; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ ''Eliyā''; Arabic: الیاس Ilyās/Elyās), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy ...

2007 regional elections

For the October 28, 2007 Colombian regional elections to elect department governors, department assembly deputies, mayors and councils and

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the party surprisngly won the governorships of

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with candidate Cristian Moreno Panezo 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 ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

. 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 Po ...

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-sho ...

, 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,

, 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

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"''

References

External links

Colombian Green Alliance
{{Green parties Colombian Green Party

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