Progressive Movement (Colombia)

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.

Progressive Movement Movimiento Progresistas

Leader	Gustavo Petro Urrego
Founded	2011 (2011)
Headquarters	Bogotá
Youth wing	Youth Progressive Node (Spanish: Nodo Jóvenes Progresistas)
Ideology	Social democracy Democratic socialism Progressivism Environmentalism Social justice Humanism
Political position	Centre-left to Left-wing
Bogotá City Council	4 / 45
Website
www.progresistascolombia.org
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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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