''VERDES'' (short for ''Verdad y Democracia Social'', 'Truth and Social Democracy'; the acronym means Greens) was a

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in the

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of Santa Cruz,

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founded in 2009 and was led by

Rubén Costas Rubén Armando Costas Aguilera (born 6 October 1955) is a Bolivian politician and the prefect and then governor of Santa Cruz Department in Bolivia from 2006 to 2021, and also the leader of the Democrat Social Movement (MDS). Early life and ...

. In the 2010 departmental elections, Costas won the governorship of Santa Cruz, which he had previously governed as prefect. Verdes held its first congress in June 2011.http://www.eldeber.com.bo/2011/2011-06-23/vernotaahora.php?id=110622165815 The party was dissolved in August 2013, and its members joined the ranks of the

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