Alternative Democratic Pole

The Alternative Democratic Pole is a <a href="/facts/Left-wing_politics/JUcz1kvS">left-wing</a>, <a href="/facts/Democratic_socialism/JGdYaWre">democratic socialist</a> and camilist <a href="/facts/List_of_political_parties_in_Colombia/oTnxlAGh">political party in Colombia</a>, 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 <a href="/facts/Independent_Democratic_Pole/SS03fLY1">Independent Democratic Pole</a> (PDI) and the Democratic Alternative (AD) in December 2005. Both parties opposed the neoliberal economic program, securitization and militarization of Colombia under then-President <a href="/facts/%C3%81lvaro_Uribe/sWGw92W5">Álvaro Uribe</a>. Subsequently, it was the only parliamentary party to declare opposition to the government of <a href="/facts/Juan_Manuel_Santos/rbN8C1bT">Juan Manuel Santos</a>, and then joined the opposition against the government of <a href="/facts/Ivan_Duque/HnhPKHER">Ivan Duque</a>.
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. And by 2012, a considerable part of PDA politicians including the former guerrilla fighters were more aligned with the <a href="/facts/Green_Party_(Colombia)/LKPwdhUx">Green Party</a>, the <a href="/facts/Progressive_Movement_(Colombia)/dheTWvA2">Movimiento Progresistas</a>, or Marcha Patriótica, than the PDA.

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Alternative Democratic Pole