The Ecologist Green Party of Nicaragua (in Spanish

Spanish language

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: Partido Verde Ecologista de Nicaragua, PVEN) is a political party

Political party

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 in Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...

. It was founded in Managua

Managua

Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua as well as the department and municipality by the same name. It is the largest city in Nicaragua in terms of population and geographic size. Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Xolotlán or Lake Managua, the city was declared the national capital in...

 on November 23, 2003. The president of the organisation is Edward Martín Salazar Cruz. Since 2003, the PVEN is a full member of the Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas

Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas

The Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas is the organization of Green parties in North America and South America. The Federation is one of four of its kind around the world; three other federations exist on other continents. The principal office of the organization is located in Mexico...

 (Federación de los Partidos Verdes de las Américas).

On May 9, 2006, the PVEN signed an alliance with the Sandinista Renovation Movement

Sandinista Renovation Movement

The Sandinista Renovation Movement is a Nicaraguan political party founded by dissidents of the Sandinista National Liberation Front on May 18, 1995, on Augusto César Sandino's 100th anniversary...

 and became part of the Alianza Herty 2006, running in the MRS ticket in the Nicaraguan general election, 2006

Nicaraguan general election, 2006

Nicaragua held a general election on 5 November 2006. The country's voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and 90 members of the National Assembly, all of whom will serve five-year terms...

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