Broad Front (Costa Rica)
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Broad Front
Partido Frente Amplio |
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| President | Patricia Mora Castellanos |
| Secretary-General | William Rodolfo Ulloa Bonilla |
| Treasurer | Roberto Joaquín Alfaro Zumbado |
| Vice-president | Gerardo Vargas Varela |
| Subsecretary | Gerardo Vargas Varela |
| Subtreasurer | Suray Carrillo Guevara |
| Founder | José Merino del Río |
| Founded | October 16, 2004 |
| Headquarters | Casa Amarilla Barrio Amón |
| Ideology |
Democratic socialism Social democracy Progressivism Green politics Humanism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colors | Yellow |
| Legislative Assembly |
9 / 57
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| Mayors |
1 / 81
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| Regidors |
20 / 495
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| Website | |
| http://www.frenteamplio.org/ | |
The Broad Front (Frente Amplio) is a left-leaning political party in Costa Rica, the main component of the front is the Alternative of the Lefts Movement (Movimiento Alternativa de Izquierdas). They're defined by progressive, socialist, green, social justice, human rights and democratic ideas. Member of the Foro de Sao Paulo, part of the international Latin American Left Movement of democratic socialism.
In the 2006 general elections, they won 1.1% of the legislative votes, and won one seat in the legislature, occupied by José Merino Del Rio. In the 2010 general elections they kept their seat, occupied by José María Villalta Florez-Estrada. Their Presidential Candidate was Costa Rica’s Technological Institute’s Rector Eugenio Trejos Benavides. For the 2014 election the party’s nominee was then congressman Villalta, who was receiving a lot of support according to the polls, something unusual in Costa Rica for a left-wing candidate, and even appearing in some as the frontrunner. Nevertheless lost momentum after a very negative campaign especially from right-wing party Libertarian Movement and PAC's recovery after the party's candidate Luis Guillermo Solís improved his image in the debates attracting votes from the more moderate leftist electors.
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