The Peruvian Aprista Party is a Peruvian political party and a member of the Socialist International. The party was founded as the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance by Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre,who originally intended to create a network of anti-imperialist social and political movements in Latin America. Members are called "compañeros" (fellows),based on the fraternity espoused by Haya de la Torre. Originally a centre-left to left-wing party with democratic socialist and nationalist elements,the party moved closer to the political centre under the leadership of Alan García starting in the 1980s,embracing social democracy and later some Third Way policies. In 2006,the party adopted a new platform as García's second presidency implemented a series of policies labelled as centre-right,embracing free-market capitalism,dialogue with other right-wing parties and organizations in the country,and closer ties with the Catholic Church and Evangelical churches.
The Communist Party of Spain is a communist party that,since 1986,has been part of the United Left coalition,which is currently part of Sumar. Two of its politicians are Spanish government ministers:Yolanda Díaz and Sira Rego.
The Colombian Communist Party is a legal communist party in Colombia. It was founded in 1930 as the Communist Party of Colombia,at which point it was the Colombian section of the Comintern. The party is led by Jaime Caycedo and publishes a weekly newspaper named Voz.
The Spanish Communist Workers' Party is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party in Spain. It was founded in 1973,when Enrique Líster revolted against the Eurocommunist line of Communist Party of Spain (PCE) general secretary Santiago Carrillo. The party published Análisis.
The Patriotic Union or UP is a leftist,Colombian political party,founded by the FARC and the Colombian Communist Party in 1985,as part of the peace negotiations that the guerrillas held with the Conservative Belisario Betancur administration.
Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain is a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Spain. PCPE was founded out of the unification of several Marxist-Leninist factions. The youth organization is called the Communist Youth of the Peoples of Spain.
The Independent Movement of Absolute Renovation is a political party in Colombia,founded in 2000 by 51,095 Colombians led by lawyer and former senator Carlos Alberto Baena and Alexandra Moreno Piraquive. The party also has functions as a non-profit organization. It has representation in the Chamber of Representatives and in the Senate of the Congress of Colombia,and has also participated in the public corporations of Colombia at a regional level,being stated as the eighth-most influential political force in the country.
The Communist Party of Ecuador is a communist party in Ecuador that split from the Socialist Party in 1930,after having been a part of the PSE since the party's inception in 1926. The party still maintains its founding year as 1926. The party publishes El Pueblo,the general secretary is Winston Alarcón and the youth wing of the PCE is the Communist Youth of Ecuador
Domingo de Caycedo y Sanz de Santamaría was a Colombian statesman who served as the vice president of Gran Colombia and the Republic of New Granada. He served as acting President of Colombia a total of eleven times,the most terms any president has served to date. He is also credited for creating the Republic of New Granada after the division of Venezuela and Ecuador.
The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba is the top leader of Cuba. The First Secretary is the highest office within the Communist Party of Cuba as well as ranking first in the Politburo,the highest decision-making body in Cuba,which makes the office holder the most powerful person in the Cuban government. In communist states the First or General Secretary of the Communist Party is typically the de facto leader of the country and a more powerful position than state offices such as President or Prime Minister,when those positions are held by different individuals.
The Communist Party of Cuba is the sole ruling party of Cuba. It was founded on 3 October 1965 as the successor to the United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution,which was in turn made up of the 26th of July Movement and Popular Socialist Party that seized power in Cuba after the 1959 Cuban Revolution. The party governs Cuba as an authoritarian one-party state where dissidence and political opposition are prohibited and repressed. The Cuban constitution ascribes the role of the party to be the "leading force of society and of the state".
Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 25 May 2014. Since no candidate received 50% of the vote in the first round,a run-off between the two candidates with the most votes took place three weeks later on 15 June 2014. According to the official figures released by the National Registry office,as of 22 May 2014 32,975,158 Colombians were registered and entitled to vote in the 2014 presidential election,including 545,976 Colombians resident abroad. Incumbent president Juan Manuel Santos was allowed to run for a second consecutive term. In the first round,Santos and Óscar Iván Zuluaga of the Democratic Center were the two highest-polling candidates and were the contestants in the 15 June run-off. In the second round,Santos was re-elected president,gaining 51% of the vote compared with 45% for Zuluaga.
Guillermo León Teillier del Valle was a Chilean politician,educator,and writer and president of the Communist Party of Chile (PCC).
Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 27 May 2018. As no candidate received a majority of the vote,the second round of voting was held on 17 June. Incumbent president Juan Manuel Santos was ineligible to seek a third term. Iván Duque,a senator,defeated Gustavo Petro,former mayor of Bogotá,in the second round. Duque's victory made him one of the youngest individuals elected to the presidency,aged 42. His running mate,Marta Lucía Ramírez,was the first woman elected to the vice presidency in Colombian history.
Jorge Enrique Robledo Castillo is a Colombian politician,architect,professor,and author. He served as a member of the Senate of Colombia from 2002 until 2022,when he decided to leave his position in congress to pursue the office of president of Colombia,ultimately losing to Gustavo Petro. On 21 June 2023,Robledo announced that he was running for mayor of Bogotáin the October 2023 elections.
Carlos Lozano Guillén was a Colombian journalist,activist and political leader. He was a member of the Colombian Communist Party.
Humane Colombia,formerly known as the Progressive Movement,is a Colombian far left political movement and party founded in 2011 and led by President Gustavo Petro. The youth wing of the party is known as Juventud Humana.
Gabriel Becerra Yáñez is a Colombian lawyer and politician,General Secretary of the Patriotic Union (UP) party,and manager of the Colombian Communist Party (PCC). Since 2022,he has been a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia for Bogotá,elected under the Historic Pact for Colombia coalition.
Carlos Arango Vélez,was a Colombian Jurist and Liberal Party Politician.
