Cartago Green Party
Cartago Green Party Partido Verde de Cartago | |
|---|---|
| President | Rodrigo José Arias Gutiérrez |
| Secretary-General | Sergio Solano Bonilla |
| Founded | November 11, 2004 |
| Dissolved | April 30, 2024[1] |
| Ideology | Green politics |
| International affiliation | Global Greens (Associate) |
| Colors | Green |
| Party flag | |
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The Green Party of Cartago (Spanish: Partido Verde de Cartago; originally named the Green Ecological Party) was a provincial political party in Cartago, Costa Rica. The party follows environmentalist ideas and platforms and is a member of both the Global Greens and the Federation of Green Parties of the Americas.[2][3] The party also received the endorsement of Costa Rica’s Greenpeace local branch.
The party was founded in September 2004 by journalist Carlos Arrieta and English teacher Rodrigo Arias, among others.[4] The party’s leaders acknowledged that some of the major parties, like Citizens Action, have endorsed environmentalist policies in Congress and opposed projects damaging to the environment,[4] but still espoused the need for a specific ecological party in the Assembly. With Arrieta as nominee to Congress, the party obtained 1,604 votes in 2006 and 2,901 in 2010 with no seats earned.[4] Its best results came during the 2016 municipal elections when it received strong support in Paraíso canton, earning a seat in the Municipal Council and the Syndic position of the central district.[5] It has remained inactive since its founder's death in 2020.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ https://www.tse.go.cr/partidos_inactivos.html
- ↑ "Expats can help Costa Rica's Green Party". Costa Rican News. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ↑ "Costa Rica's Green Ecological Party To Join The Federation Of Green Parties Of The Americas". Costa Rican News. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 Tellez, Romel (June 24, 2011). "It's not easy being the Green Party". The Tico Times. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ↑ "Results". Electoral Tribunal. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ↑ https://www.tse.go.cr/partidos_inactivos.html
