Leftist Parties of Colombia

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '02	OTHER
April 19th Movement	Movimiento 19 de Abril	M-19		e-mail	soc. dem.		0.0078% also in FSP	f. 1997 as split from AD M-19, led by German Rojas Niño
Big Democratic Coalition	Gran Coalición Democrática				broad left.		not existing	f. 2004 by leftist parties and social organizations
Citizen Movement	Movimiento Ciudadano			fax: +57-95-3447528			0.23%	led by Jorge de la Salas Sarmiento
Civic Convergence	Convergencia Ciudadana			e-mail	center left.		1.02%	f. 1997, led by Jairo Céspedes Camacho
Colombian Communist Party	Partido Comunista Colombiano	PCC	Voz	e-mail	com.	ex-CI, ex-WMR, FSP, ICS	in FSP	f. 1930
Colombian Liberal Party	Partido Liberal Colombiano	PLC		e-mail	center left.	SI	29.45%	f. 1848
Colombian Social Democratic Party	Partido Socialdemócrata Colombiano	PSOC		e-mail	left. soc.		0.19%	probably joined PDI
Communist League	Liga Comunista				mao.
Communist Party of Colombia - Maoist	Partido Comunista de Colombia - Maoísta	PCC-M	Nuevos Tiempos	e-mail	mao.	ICMLPO[M]	no part.	f. 1990 as Organización Comunista de Colombia/ marxista-leninista-maoísta, (OCC/mlm)
Communist Party of Colombia (marxist-leninist	Partido Comunista de Colombia (marxista-leninista)	PCdeC(ML)	Revolución	e-mail	stal.	ex-Alb., ICMLPO[H], ICS	no part.	f. 1965 as split from PCC
Popular Liberation Army	Ejército Popular de Liberación	EPL	Liberación		stal.		no part.	pol.-mil., f. 1967, armed wing of PCC-ML
Communist Workers' Union (Marxist-Leninist Maoist)	Unión Obrera Comunista (Marxista-Leninista-Maoísta)	UOC(mlm)	Revolución Obrera, Negación de la Negación	e-mail	mao.	close to RIM	no part.	f. 1998
Comunitarian Party Seventh Option	Partido Comunitario Opción Siete	PCOS		e-mail				led by Venus Albeiro Silva Gomez
Current of Socialist Renovation	Corriente de Renovación Socialista	CRS		e-mail	left. soc.	FSP	in FSP	f. 1991 as split from ELN
Democratic Alliance M-19	Alianza Democrática M-19	AD M-19		e-mail	soc. dem.	SI, FSP	0.48%	alliance
Democratic Alternative	Alternativa Democrática						not existing	f. 2003, alliance of FSP, UD, MOIR, PCOS, AICO and Movimiento Ciudadano
Democratic Unity	Unidad Democrática	UD		e-mail	left. soc.	FSP	0.43%	led by Luis Carlos Avellaneda Tarazona
Friends of the AIT	Amigos de la AIT			e-mail	anar. syn.	AIT	no part.	f. 2001 as split from Wings of the Sun
Green Party - Oxygen	Partido Verde - Oxígeno			e-mail	green		0.13%	f. 1998 as Movimiento Oxígeno Liberal
Guevarist Revolutionary Army	Ejercito Revolucionario Guevarista	ERG			rad. left.		no part.	f. early 1990s as split from ELN
Guillermo Marin Collective	Colectivo Guillermo Marín				rad. left.		no part.
Hope, Peace and Freedom	Esperanza, Paz y Libertad	ESPALI		e-mail	ex-mao.		no part.	f. 1990 by majoriity of EPL and PCC-ML
Independent Democratic Pole	Polo Democratico Independiente	PDI		e-mail	soc. dem.		VA:0.96% PSD:0.22%	f. 2003 by VA, PSD, Independent Force
Indigena Authorities of Colombia	Autoridades Indígenas de Colombia	AIC		e-mail	indigenist		0.058%	led by Mario Calambas
Indigena Social Alliance	Alianza Social Indígena	ASI		e-mail	indigenist		0.42%	f. 1991
Internationalist Communist Circle	Circulo Comunista Internacionalista				left. com.	close to IBRP	no part.
Jaime Bateman Cayón Movement	Movimiento Jaime Bateman Cayón	MJBC					no part.	pol.-mil., f. 1991 as split from M-19
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Movement	Movimiento Jorge Eliécer Gaitán	JEGA					no part.	pol.-mil., split from EPL in 1987
Labour Party of Colombia	Partido del Trabajo de Colombia	PTC(moirista)	La Bagatela	e-mail	mao.			split from MOIR, called PTC since 2002, led by Marcelo Torres
Let's Unite - National Union for Social Security	Unión Nacional por la Seguridad Social			e-mail			0.35%	f. 2000
Libertarian Coordination - Black Flags	Coordinadora Libertaria - Banderas Negras				anar.		no part.	f. 2001
Movement for the Defense of the People's Rights	Movimiento por la Defensa de los Derechos del Pueblo	MODEP				FSP	in FSP
Movement of Democratic Integration	Movimiento de Integración Democrática	MID	Integración Democrática				no part.
National Liberation Army	Ejército de Liberación Nacional	ELN	Insurrección, Radio Patria Libre, Unidad, Correo de Magdalena	e-mail	left. soc.	FSP	no part.	pol.-mil., f. 1964
Patriotic Union	Unión Patriótica	UP		fax: +57-1-5704400	left. soc.	FSP	0.013% also in FSP	f. 1985
Popular National Alliance	Alianza Nacional Popular	ANAPO		e-mail	left. populist		0.22%	f. 1971
Present for Socialism	Presentes por el Socialismo	PPS	Presentes por el Socialismo, Cartas de Política Internacional	e-mail	left. rad.	FSP	in FSP	f. 1999
Revolutionary and Independent Workers' Movement	Movimiento Obrero Independiente y Revolucionario	MOIR	Tribuna Roja, Deslinde	e-mail	mao.	ex-Chin.	0.40%	f. 1969
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army	Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia - Ejército del Pueblo	FARC-EP	Resistencia	e-mail	rad. left.	FSP, ICS	no part.	pol.-mil., linked to PCC
Bolivarian Movement for the New Colombia	Movimiento Bolivariano por la Nueva Colombia	MBNC	Nueva Colombia		rad. left.		no part.	political wing of FARC-EP, f. in 2000
Clandestine Columbian Communist Party	Partido Comunista Colombiano Clandestino	PC3	Correo Clandestino		com.		no part.	f. 2000
Revolutionary Communist Group of Columbia	Grupo Comunista Revolucionario de Colombia	GCR	Alborada Comunista		mao.	RIM	no part.	f. 1982
Revolutionary People's Army	Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo	ERP			rad. left.		no part.	pol.-mil., split from ELN in 1996
Social and Political Front	Frente Social y Político	FSP		e-mail	broad left		0.95%	f. 2000, alliance of PCC, PPS, MODEP, Dignidad Obrera, Colectivo Guillermo Marín and others
Socialist Workers' League	Liga Socialista de los Trabajadores	LST			tro.		no part.
Socialist Workers' Party	Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores	PST	El Socialista	e-mail	tro.	CITO	no part.	f. 1977
Socialist Workers' Unity	Unidad Obrera y Socialista	UNIOS		e-mail	tro.	UIT	no part.
Trotskyist Workers' Party	Partido Obrero Trotskista	POT	Voz Posadista	e-mail	tro.	PFI	no part.	formerly the Partido Comunista Revolucionario / Trotskista (PCR/T)
Wings of the Sun	Alas de Xué		Biofilos		anar. syn.	ex-AIT	no part.	f. 1988
Workers' Dignity	Dignidad Obrera				rad. left.		in FSP
Workers Power	Poder Obrero		Bandera Roja	e-mail	tro.	LCMRCI	no part.	f. 1999
Parties probably disbanded Revolutionary Workers Party (Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores, PRT)