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Alternative For Social Advance
The Alternative for Social Advance (, ALAS) was a political party in Colombia. During the legislative elections on 10 March 2002, the party won parliamentary representation. They received a total of 171,090 votes, or 1.8%, in the 2010 general elections. In 2005, it merged with Team Colombia to form ALAS-Team Colombia, later Somos Región Colombia. See also * Somos Región Colombia The Somos Región Colombia Party (), or simply Partido Somos, sometimes We are Colombia (''Somos Colombia''), was a Colombian political party and successor to the ''ALAS Team Colombia'' party, a Centre-right politics, center-right political alli ... References Political parties in Colombia {{Colombia-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somos Región Colombia
The Somos Región Colombia Party (), or simply Partido Somos, sometimes We are Colombia (''Somos Colombia''), was a Colombian political party and successor to the ''ALAS Team Colombia'' party, a Centre-right politics, center-right political alliance born from the merging of the Alternative for Social Advance, Liberal Alternative for Social Advance (ALAS) party, founded by Álvaro Araújo Castro, and the Team Colombia party, which ran in the 2006 Colombian parliamentary election, March 2006 Legislative Elections. ''ALAS Team Colombia'' was a part of a coalition of parties that supported the 2002-2010 Álvaro Uribe, Álvaro Uribe Vélez campaign and government. The alliance between the two parties ended in September 2009, after a mutual agreement to dissolve; ALAS retained its legal status as a party, while Team Colombia members mostly joined the Colombian Conservative Party. ALAS, however, did not obtain the necessary number of votes in the following 2010 Colombian parliamentary el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. Although List of countries without political parties, some countries have no political parties, this is extremely rare. Most countries have Multi-party system, several parties while others One-party state, only have one. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually Democracy, democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that Government, governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 Departments of Colombia, departments. The Capital District of Bogotá is also the List of cities in Colombia by population, country's largest city hosting the main financial and cultural hub. Other major urban areas include Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Colombia, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Cúcuta, Ibagué, Villavicencio and Bucaramanga. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi) and has a population of around 52 million. Its rich cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative
A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Legislatures can exist at different levels of government–national, state/provincial/regional, local, even supranational (such as the European Parliament). Countries differ as to what extent they grant deliberative assemblies at the subnational law-making power, as opposed to purely administrative responsibilities. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as primary legislation. In addition, legislatures may observe and steer governing actions, with authority to amend the budget involved. The members of a legislature are called legislators. In a democracy, legislators are most commonly popularly elected, although indirect election and appointment by the executive are also used, particularly for bicameral legislatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Colombia
Elections in Colombia are regulated and controlled by the National Electoral Council (CNE) which also provides information on elections and election results. At the national level, the President of Colombia is elected as the head of state and the bicameral Congress of Colombia as the legislature every four years. The Congress of Colombia is composed of 162 members of the Chamber of Representatives and 102 members of the Senate. Both are elected by proportional representation. Colombia historically had a two-party system, dominated by the Colombian Liberal Party and Colombian Conservative Party, in which it could be difficult for third parties to find success. Since the implementation of the 1991 constitution, there has been a proliferation of third parties, which have won most presidential elections in the 21st century. Colombia's electoral system has a pervasive corruption issue, with electoral fraud, bribery, and other scandals occurring at both the municipal and national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Colombian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia on 14 March 2010. The nationwide constituency for the 102-member Senate was contested by 16 lists, comprising 948 candidates. There are 33 regional constituencies for the Chamber of Representatives, plus a few other ethnic minority constituencies. In all, 282 lists, with 1,533 candidates, contested the 165 seats in the Chamber. Almost 30 million people were registered to vote. Results Senate Incumbent President Álvaro Uribe maintained an absolute majority of seats in the Senate. The two major parties supporting Uribe – the Party of the U and the Conservative Party –, got 27 and 23 seats, respectively. The Party of the U achieved 25.17% of the votes, gaining eight seats, followed by the Conservative Party, with 20,6%, which gained four seats. The Liberals, which consists the main opposition party in the Senate, achieved 15.8% of the votes and kept its 18 seats. The Liberal Party was followed by the National Integratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Colombia
Team Colombia () was a conservative political party in Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel .... In the 2002 legislative elections, the party won, as one of the many small parties, parliamentary representation. In the 2006 legislative elections, it joined forces with the Alternative for Social Advance (ALAS), another small party, and won 7 out of 166 deputies and 5 out of 100 senators. The two political movements joined to form ALAS-Team Colombia in 2005, later becoming Somos Región Colombia. External linksOfficial web site(Spanish)Democracia a distancia: Elecciones 2006 (Portalcol.com)(Information about the party's list of candidates to the Colombian Senate, Spanish). References Conservative parties in Colombia {{colombia-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
