Green Alliance (Colombia)

Green Alliance

Alianza Verde
Green Alliance Alianza Verde
Co-Presidents	Luis Carlos Avellaneda ; Antonio Sanguino
Founded	2005
Headquarters	Bogotá, Colombia
Youth wing	Jóvenes Verdes
LGBT wing	Verdes a Colores
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
Senate	9 / 108
Governors	3 / 32
Mayors	50 / 1,102
Website
	www.alianzaverde.org.co
	Politics of Colombia; Political parties; Elections;

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.^{[citation needed]}

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 surprisingly 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.^{[citation needed]}

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 five 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.^{[citation needed]}

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' 29%.^[5]

Slogans

"Your Life is Sacred"
"Public Resources are Sacred"
"Not Everything is Justifiable"
"Conscience Vote"
"Natural Resources Are Sacred"^{[citation needed]}

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election Year	Candidate	Running mate	First Round		Second Round		Result
Election Year	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Votes	Percentage	Result
2010	Antanas Mockus	Sergio Fajardo	3,134,222	21.51 (#2)	3,587,975	27.47 (#2)	Lost
2014	Enrique Peñalosa	Isabel Segovia	1,064,758	8.27 (#5)			Lost
2018	Sergio Fajardo	Claudia López	4,602,916	23.78 (#3)			Lost
2022	With Hope Center Coalition						Lost

Legislative elections

Election Year	House of Representatives			Senate
Election Year	Votes	Percentage	Seats	Votes	Percentage	Seats
2010	296,137	3,13 (#7)	3 / 166	521,503	4,9 (#7)	5 / 102
2014	483,407	4.07 (#6)	6 / 166	567,102	4.78 (#6)	5 / 102
2018	880,354	5,95 (#6)	9 / 166	1,308,208	8,57 (#6)	9 / 102
2022	With Hope Center Coalition			With Hope Center Coalition

References

^ Castro Morales, Juan Pablo (2011). Partido Verde: Ni izquierda ni derecha (in Spanish) – via ResearchGate.
^ "Principios y prioridades". alianzaverde.org.co (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
^ "'Coalición está cerca': De la Calle sobre alianza con López y Fajardo". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 13 September 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
^ "Partido Verde Opción Centro, casi desconocido en el país, ganó dos gobernaciones y 23 alcaldías". eltiempo.com (in Spanish). 2007.
^ Murphy, Helen; Bristow, Matthew (21 June 2010). "Colombia's Santos Hails Uribe in Presidential Victory". Bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)

[1] Castro Morales, Juan Pablo (2011). Partido Verde: Ni izquierda ni derecha (in Spanish) – via ResearchGate.

[2] "Principios y prioridades". alianzaverde.org.co (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

[3] "'Coalición está cerca': De la Calle sobre alianza con López y Fajardo". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 13 September 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

[4] "Partido Verde Opción Centro, casi desconocido en el país, ganó dos gobernaciones y 23 alcaldías". eltiempo.com (in Spanish). 2007.

[5] Murphy, Helen; Bristow, Matthew (21 June 2010). "Colombia's Santos Hails Uribe in Presidential Victory". Bloomberg.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.

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