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Alternative Democratic Pole
Polo Democrático Alternativo
President
Alexander López Maya
Senate leader
Iván Cepeda Castro
Founded
December 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12)
Merger of
Independent Democratic Pole Democratic Alternative
Headquarters
Bogotá, Colombia
Ideology
Social democracy[1][2] Progressivism Protectionism
Political position
Left-wing[3][4][5][6]
National affiliation
Historic Pact for Colombia
Regional affiliation
São Paulo Forum
Colours
Yellow
Chamber of Representatives
9 / 188
Senate
6 / 108
Website
www.polodemocratico.net
Politics of Colombia
Political parties
Elections
The Alternative Democratic Pole (Spanish: Polo Democrático Alternativo or PDA) is a left-wing political party in Colombia,[7] active from 2005 to the present. In 2022 it was successful at the polls and formed the Government of Colombia.
It was founded as a political alliance of the Independent Democratic Pole (PDI) and the Democratic Alternative (AD) in December 2005. Both parties opposed the neoliberal economic program, securitization and militarization of Colombia under then-President Álvaro Uribe.[6] Subsequently, it was the only parliamentary party to declare opposition to the government of Juan Manuel Santos, and then joined the opposition against the government of Ivan Duque.
As of 2009, a considerable number of PDA politicians were still former guerrilla fighters who gave up armed struggle and demobilized during the late 1980s and early 1990s.[8] And by 2012, a considerable part of PDA politicians including the former guerrilla fighters were more alligned with the Green Party,[9] the Movimiento Progresistas,[10] or Marcha Patriótica,[11] than the PDA.
^Schirmer, Jennifer (2009), "A Norwegian-Supported Peace Building Project: Conversations among Security Forces, Former Guerillas, and Civil Society", Colombia: Building Peace in a Time of War, United States Institute of Peace, p. 407
^Rochlin, James F. (2007), Social Forces and the Revolution in Military Affairs: The Cases of Colombia and Mexico, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 90
^Houghton, Juan (2008), "Colombia", The Indigenous World 2008, International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), p. 136
^Taylor, Steven L.; Botero Jaramillo, Felipe; Crisp, Brian F. (2008), "Precandidates, Candidates, and Presidents: Paths to the Colombian Presidency", Pathways to Power, Pennsylvania State University Press, p. 291
^Roldán, Mary (2010), "End of Discussion: Violence, Participatory Democracy, and the Limits of Dissent in Colombia", Violent Democracies in Latin America, Duke University Press, p. 64
^ abHristov, Jasmin (2009), Blood & Capital: The Paramilitarization of Colombia, Ohio University Press, p. 144
^Rochlin, James F. (2007), Social Forces and the Revolution in Military Affairs: The Cases of Colombia and Mexico, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 83
^Schirmer, Jennifer (2009), "A Norwegian-Supported Peace Building Project: Conversations among Security Forces, Former Guerillas, and Civil Society", Colombia: Building Peace in a Time of War, United States Institute of Peace, p. 406
^Diario, El Espectador. "El M19 está apoderándose del Partido Verde".
^Diario, El Universal. "Gustavo Petro renuncia a filas del Polo Democrático".
^Revista, Semana. "Partido Comunista "sí está fuera del Polo": Comité Ejecutivo Nacional".
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