Cartago Green Party

Cartago Green Party Partido Verde de Cartago
President	Rodrigo José Arias Gutiérrez
Secretary-General	Sergio Solano Bonilla
Founded	November 2004, 11
Ideology	Green politics
Colors	Green
Politics of Costa Rica Political parties Elections

The Green Party of Cartago (originally named Green Ecological Party) is a provincial political party in Cartago, Costa Rica. The party follows environmentalist ideas and platform, and is a member of both the Global Greens and the Federation of Green Parties of the Americas.^[1][2] The party also received the endorsement of Costa Rica’s Greenpeace local branch.

Founded in September 2004 by journalist Carlos Arrieta and English teacher Rodrigo Arias, among others.^[3] Party’s leaders acknowledge that some of the major parties like Citizens Action, have endorse environmentalist policies in Congress and oppose projects damageable for the environment,^[3] but assure the need for a specific ecological party in the Assembly. With Arrieta as nominee to Congress, the party obtained 1,604 votes in 2006 and 2,901 in 2010 with no seats earned.^[3] Its best results were during the 2016 municipal elections when it received a strong support in Paraiso Canton earning a seat in the Municipal Council and the Syndic of the central district.^[4]

References

1. "Expats can help Costa Rica's Green Party". Costa Rican News. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
2. "Costa Rica's Green Ecological Party To Join The Federation Of Green Parties Of The Americas". Costa Rican News. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
3. Tellez, Romel (June 24, 2011). "It's not easy being the Green Party". The Tico Times. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
4. "Results". Electoral Tribunal. Retrieved 9 April 2016.