Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean
COPPPAL

Conferencia Permanente de Partidos Políticos de América Latina y el Caribe

Conférence permanente des partis politiques d'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes
PresidentAlejandro Moreno Cárdenas,[1]
 Mexico
Vice PresidentAlberto Aguilar Iñárritu,
 Mexico
Founded12 October 1979 (1979-10-12)
Political positionBig tent
Website
www.copppal.org

The Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (French: Conférence permanente des partis politiques d'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes; Spanish: Conferencia Permanente de Partidos Políticos de América Latina y el Caribe, COPPPAL) is an international organization of political parties in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was created at the behest of the Institutional Revolutionary Party on 12 October 1979 in Oaxaca, Mexico, and brings together liberal, social democratic, Christian democratic, and other leftist political parties. Its first president (1979–1981) was Gustavo Carvajal Moreno of Mexico (PRI). Its current president is the Mexican politician Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas (PRI).

COPPPAL was established during a 12 October 1979 conference in Oaxaca, Mexico, on the initiative of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), the ruling party in Mexico at the time. The multilateral non-governmental organization was defined by its charter as a "forum of nationalist parties that prioritize sovereignty, while advancing a more just and egalitarian international order." [2]

The organization would advance this goal by

"defending democracy and the legal and political institutions while fostering their development and improvement; strengthening the principle of self-determination of the peoples of Latin America; promoting regional integration; supporting any initiative for disarmament; promoting the defense, sovereignty and better utilization of the natural resources of each country in the region; boosting development; promoting Latin American regional organizations and joint actions that will enable the establishment of a more just international economic order; defending and promoting respect for human rights." [2]

The organization was led by the PRI between its establishment in 1979 and 1984, and again between 1989 and 2005. Antonio Cafiero of the Justicialist Party (Argentina) was elected president of the coordinating committee in 2005, and Gustavo Carvajal Moreno of the PRI (Mexico) was elected as its adjunct president. Cafiero was succeeded in 2011 by Pedro Joaquín Coldwell of the PRI.[3] The committee coordinates youth exchange, consultative, and other activities among its member parties, as well as with the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP).[4]

Membership

The following political parties from the Americas are represented at COPPPAL (associate members in italics):[5]

NationMember Parties
 ArgentinaBroad Front - Intransigent Party - Justicialist Party - Radical Civic Union - Socialist Party
 ArubaPeople's Electoral Movement
 BelizePeople's United Party
 BoliviaFree Bolivia Movement - Revolutionary Left Movement - Revolutionary Nationalist Movement
 BonaireBonaire Democratic Party
 BrazilBrazilian Democratic Movement - Democratic Labour Party - Workers' Party
 CanadaParti Québécois
 ChileParty for Democracy = Socialist Party of Chile
 ColombiaColombian Liberal Party
 Costa RicaNational Liberation Party
 CubaCommunist Party of Cuba
 CuraçaoPeople's Crusade Labour Party - Workers' Liberation Front
 DominicaDominica Labour Party
 Dominican RepublicDominican Liberation Party - Dominican Revolutionary Party - Revolutionary Social Democratic Party
 EcuadorDemocratic Left - Ecuadorian Roldosist Party - Socialist Party – Broad Front of Ecuador
 El SalvadorDemocratic Change - Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
 GuatemalaNational Unity of Hope
 HaitiFusion of Haitian Social Democrats - Struggling People's Organization
 HondurasLiberal Party of Honduras
 JamaicaPeople's National Party
 MexicoCitizens' Movement - Institutional Revolutionary Party - Labor Party - Party of the Democratic Revolution
 NicaraguaSandinista National Liberation Front
 PanamaDemocratic Revolutionary Party
 PeruAmerican Revolutionary People's Alliance - Peruvian Nationalist Party
 Puerto RicoPuerto Rican Independence Party
 Saint LuciaSaint Lucia Labour Party
 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesUnity Labour Party
 UruguayBroad Front - Colorado Party - National Party
 VenezuelaFor Social Democracy - Democratic Action - Movement for Socialism - People's Electoral Movement - United Socialist Party of Venezuela

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Copppal define desafíos y líneas de trabajo para próximos años". La Voz del Sandinismo (in Spanish). 30 November 2019. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 "¿Qué es la COPPPAL?". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
  3. ↑ "Nombran a Pedro Joaquín Coldwell presidente de la COPPPAL". La Primera Plana. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
  4. ↑ "Actividades". Archived from the original on 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
  5. ↑ "Partidos miembros". Archived from the original on 2016-10-23.
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