Progressive Movement (Colombia)
The Progressive Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Progresistas) is a Colombian political movement founded in 2011 and led by politician Gustavo Petro. The Colombian Human Movement has emerged as a progressive node of the party.
Progressive Movement Movimiento Progresistas | |
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| Leader | Gustavo Petro Urrego |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Bogotá |
| Youth wing | Youth Progressive Node (Spanish: Nodo Jóvenes Progresistas) |
| Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism Progressivism Environmentalism Social justice Humanism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Bogotá City Council | 4 / 45 |
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History
The movement has its origin in the Bogotá local election of 2011, in which a group of citizens led by Gustavo Petro collected in around 300,000 signatures to register the candidacies to the Local Administrative Board, 60,000 of to register a list to the City Council headed by Carlos Vicente de Roux, and 120,000 signatures to register Petro's candidacy for the mayorship of Bogotá.
The party is regularly targeted by threats from paramilitary organizations, particularly the Aguilas Negras. Known figures of the party, such as Gustavo Petro, Gustavo Bolivar and Hollman Morris are frequently threatened with death. Nearly a dozen activists from Human Colombia have been assassinated for political reasons during the year 2020.[1]
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