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Progressive Movement (Colombia)

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Progressive Movement

Movimiento Progresistas
LeaderGustavo Petro Urrego
Founded2011 (2011)
HeadquartersBogotá
Youth wingYouth Progressive Node (Spanish: Nodo Jóvenes Progresistas)
IdeologySocial democracy
Democratic socialism
Progressivism
Environmentalism
Social justice
Humanism
Political positionCentre-left to Left-wing
Bogotá City Council
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Website
www.progresistascolombia.org

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.

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.

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