Christian Democrat Organization of America
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The Christian Democrat Organization of America (ODCA) is an international organization made up of political parties, groups and associations that share Christian humanist principles. They work in coordination for freedom, democracy, human rights, world peace, development with equity, and respect for the environment.
Currently there are 33 member political parties in 26 different countries with a constituency representing 30% of all registered voters in Latin America and 10% of the entire population of the region.
Currently there are 33 member political parties in 26 different countries with a constituency representing 30% of all registered voters in Latin America and 10% of the entire population of the region.
Member Parties
- - Christian Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party (Argentina)The Christian Democratic Party is a Christian Democrat political party in Argentina.The Party was founded in 1954 after several other organisations had been active promoting Christian democracy in Argentina. Leading activists in its early years included José Allende and Horacio Sueldo...
- - Justicialist PartyJusticialist PartyThe Justicialist Party , or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement.The party was led by Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, until his death on October 27, 2010. The current Argentine president, Cristina Fernández de...
- - Aruban People's PartyAruban People's PartyThe Aruban People's Party is a Christian democrat political party in Aruba. AVP is an acronym for the Dutch name of the party....
- - Christian Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party (Bolivia)The Christian Democratic Party is a progressive Christian-democratic political party in Bolivia....
- - DemocratsDemocrats (Brazil)The Democrats is a centre-right political party in Brazil, considered the main in the right-wing spectrum. Despite its former name , the party affiliates itself to the Centrist Democrat International, and the International Democrat Union. The name comes from its support to free market policies...
- - Christian Democrat Party of ChileChristian Democrat Party of ChileThe Christian Democratic Party is a political party in Chile and governs as part of the Coalition of Parties for Democracy coalition. In the 2009 election it won 19 congress seats and 9 senate seats....
- - Colombian Conservative PartyColombian Conservative PartyThe Colombian Conservative Party , is a conservative political party in Colombia. The party was unofficially founded by a group of Revolutionary Commoners during the Revolutionary War for Independence from the Spanish Monarchy and later formally established during the Greater Colombia...
- - Social Christian Unity PartySocial Christian Unity PartyThe Social Christian Unity Party is a political party in Costa Rica.PUSC considers itself a Christian Democratic Party and, as such, is a member of the Centrist Democrat International.-2002 election:...
- - Christian Democratic Party of CubaChristian Democratic Party of CubaThe Christian Democratic Party of Cuba is a Christian Democratic political party in Cuba. Although changes to the Cuban constitution in 1992 decriminalized the act of forming political parties other than the Communist Party of Cuba, these parties are not permitted to campaign or engage in any...
- - Social Christian Reformist PartySocial Christian Reformist PartyThe Social Christian Reformist Party is a conservative, christian democratic, economic liberal and a populist party in the Dominican Republic formed by the union of the Partido Reformista and the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano...
- - Christian Democratic Union
- - Christian Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party (El Salvador)The Christian Democratic Party is a political party in El Salvador.In the legislative elections, held on 16 March 2003, the party won 7.3% of the popular vote and 5 out of 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly. In the presidential election of 21 March 2004, the PDC supported Héctor Silva Argüello...
- - Guatemalan Christian DemocracyGuatemalan Christian DemocracyThe Guatemalan Christian Democracy , founded 24 August 1955, was a political party in Guatemala. It was a moderate reformist party, although also anti-Communist. It first won congressional seats in [Guatemalan parliamentary election, 1955|1955]]. In 1957, it contested presidential elections but...
- - Rally of Progressive National DemocratsRally of Progressive National DemocratsThe Rally of Progressive National Democrats is a political party in Haiti. In the presidential elections of 7 February 2006, its candidate Leslie Manigat won 12.4 % of the popular vote. The party won in the 7 February 2006 Senate elections 10.7 % of the popular vote and only 1 out of 30 Senators...
- - Christian Democratic Party of HondurasChristian Democratic Party of HondurasThe Christian Democratic Party of Honduras , known by the abbreviation DC, is a centre-left political party in Honduras....
- - National Action PartyNational Action Party (Mexico)The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...
- - Bonaire Patriotic UnionBonaire Patriotic UnionThe Bonaire Patriotic Union is a political party in Bonaire, the Netherlands Antilles.At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party won 3.6% of the popular vote and 2 out of 22 seats. At the elections in the Netherlands Antilles of 27 January 2006, the party...
- - National People's PartyNational People's Party (Curaçao)The National People's Party is a christian democratic political party in Curaçao, the Netherlands Antilles....
- - Windwards Islands People's MovementWindwards Islands People's MovementThe Windward Islands People's Movement is a political party in Saba.At the legislative elections in the Netherlands Antilles, 18 January 2002, the party won 0.5 % of the popular vote and 1 out of 22 seats. At the elections of 27 January 2006, the party won 1 out of 22 seats....
- - People's PartyPeople's Party (Panama)The People's Party was founded in the early 1960s. It was the main opposition party during the dictatorship of Manuel Noriega. The party supported Martín Torrijos in the presidential election of 2004...
- - Christian Democratic PartyChristian Democratic Party (Paraguay)-History:The party was established in the 1960s and was one of the parties that renounced violence as a means of toppling the Stroessner regime. However, the party did not contest a national election until Stroessner was overthrown in 1989. In the general elections later that year it received 1% of...
- - Christian Democrat PartyChristian Democrat Party (Peru)Christian Democrat Party , a political party in Peru that surged in 1956. Founded by Ernesto Alayza Grundy, Luis Bedoya Reyes, Mario Polar Ugarteche, Héctor Cornejo Chávez, Roberto Ramírez del Villar and others....
- - Christian People's PartyChristian People's Party (Peru)The Christian People's Party is a center-right and conservative political party based on Christian Democracy. It was founded in 1966 by a group of Peruvian Christian Democracy dissidents, led by Luis Bedoya Reyes....
- - Progressive People's Party
- - United National CongressUnited National CongressThe United National Congress is one of the two major political parties in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and one of the parties in the current ruling coalition. It was founded by Basdeo Panday, a lawyer and former trade unionist. The UNC was formed as the result of a split in the ruling...
- - Christian Democratic Party of UruguayChristian Democratic Party of UruguayThe Christian Democratic Party of Uruguay is a political party of the Christian Left.-Affiliation:...
- - COPEICOPEICopei – Social Christian Party of Venezuela is a third way political party in Venezuela. The name stands for Comité de Organización Política Electoral Independiente...
Observer Parties
- - Brazilian Social Democracy PartyBrazilian Social Democracy PartyThe Brazilian Social Democracy Party is a centrist political party in Brazil. Originally a centre-left party at the time of its foundation, PSDB moved to the centre after Fernando Henrique Cardoso forged an alliance with the right-wing Liberal...
- - Cuban Democratic Directorate
- - National PartyNational Party (Uruguay)The National Party , also known as the White Party , is a major right-wing conservative political party in Uruguay, currently the major opposition party to the ruling Frente Amplio government....
- - National ConvergenceNational ConvergenceThe National Convergence is a conservative/Christian democratic political party in Venezuela. It was founded in 1993 by former President of Venezuela Rafael Caldera, successfully gaining a second term in the Venezuelan presidential election, 1993. From 1995 to 2004 Eduardo Lapi held the...