The Social and Political Front (in Spanish

Spanish language

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: Frente Social y Político) or FSP is a coalition of several left wing

Left-wing politics

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 political parties

Political party

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 in Colombia

Colombia

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It is part of the wider Democratic Alternative (AD) movement, which in 2005 joined the Independent Democratic Pole

Independent Democratic Pole

The Independent Democratic Pole or , is a left-wing social democratic political party in Colombia.-Origins:...

 (PDI) in order to create the Alternative Democratic Pole

Alternative Democratic Pole

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 (PDA) alliance.

Participants

Currently affiliated parties or sections include the Colombian Communist Party

Colombian Communist Party

The Colombian Communist Party or PCC is the legal communist party of Colombia. It was founded in 1930, as the Colombian section of the Comintern...

, Present for Socialism, Movement for the Defense of the Rights of the People (MODEP), members of the Patriotic Union

Patriotic Union (Colombia)

The Patriotic Union or UP , was a leftist Colombian political party founded by the FARC and the Colombian Communist Party in 1985, as part of the peace negotiations that the guerrillas held with the Conservative Belisario Betancur administration...

, and several union organizations.

Political Development

At the 2002-03-10 legislative elections

Elections in Colombia

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, the party won parliamentary representation as one of the many small parties which participated.

Carlos Gaviria

Carlos Gaviria Díaz

Carlos Emilio Gaviria Díaz is a Colombian lawyer, professor and politician. He served as the 5th Chief Magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Colombia, where he served as a Magistrate from 1993 to 2001...

, a Colombian senator and former Colombian Constitutional Court magistrate who is also a member of the FSP, was chosen as Democratic Alternative's presidential pre-candidate.

On March 2006, the AD and the PDI subsequently decided on a common candidate for that year's May 28 elections, choosing Carlos Gaviria over the PDI's Antonio Navarro

Antonio Navarro Wolff

Antonio Navarro Wolff is a Colombian politician and former commander of the 19th of April Movement guerrilla group, which demobilized and formed a political party which he also led...

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External links

• Frente Social y Político - Official Homepage (in Spanish)