Colombia Humana Party To Be Chaired by Gloria Florez

Gloria Florez. Photo: La FM

August 20, 2024 Hour: 7:33 am

‘We are going to unite the party that fights for our people’, she said.

At an assembly held on Sunday, Senator Gloria Florez was appointed as the president of Colombia Humana, the party founded by President Gustavo Petro.

“This is a living movement that expresses itself and debates. Now we are going to unite our party, the party where everyone belongs, the party that fights for our people. Colombia Humana has taken the first step towards the unity of progressivism,” said Florez, whose main task will be to work towards the unification of the left with the aim of creating a single political force for the 2026 elections.

Ferney Lozano, a legislator of the Valle del Cauca Assembly, was elected as the political vice president of Colombia Humana, and Andrea Vargas from Barranquilla was chosen as its general secretary.

Figures from the Colombian left such as Hollman Morris, the manager of RTVC, and Gustavo Bolivar, the director of Social Prosperity, praised the election of the three new members of the Colombia Humana’s board.

A la asamblea de la Colombia Humana, todo mi cariño y todo mi afecto, cuenten conmigo.

En este día y desde la distancia lo que veo en ustedes es resistencia y esperanza. Nuestra unidad es urgente y necesaria para la grandeza de Colombia 🇨🇴 pic.twitter.com/RF2kqdg9zG
— Hollman Morris (@HOLLMANMORRIS) August 17, 2024

The text reads, “Count on me. All my love and my affection for the assembly of Colombia Humana. On this day and from a distance, what I see in you is resistance and hope. Our unity is urgent and necessary for the greatness of Colombia.”

“Their main challenges: leading the union of the Historic Pact and designing internal democracy procedures. No more candidate lists made with the pen of discord. Without serious and binding internal consultations, there is no democracy,” Bolivar stated on his X account.

Senator Florez has a long history with Petro. They met when they were both members of the Democratic Pole (PD), where she was also part of the board of directors. She has been a part of Colombia Humana since its founding, when it was established under the name Progresist Movement.

Florez served in Petro’s mayoral administration as secretary of government, and in 2018, she ran for the Senate as part of the Decency List. She entered Congress in 2022 with the Historic Pact coalition. Florez is a member of the Senate’s Second Committee, which handles issues related to international policy, public force, trade, economic integration, and migration.