The Colombian Liberal Party is a center-left party in Colombia that adheres to social democracy and social liberalism. The party was founded in 1848 and, together with the Colombian Conservative Party, subsequently became one of the two main political forces in the country for over a century. After the period known as La Violencia the Liberals and the Conservative Party reached an agreement to share power from 1958 to 1974 in the so-called National Front agreement that followed the fall of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. Nowadays there are many critics of the 16-year agreement but it has to be admitted that it greatly reduced the intensity of the violent political warfare that preceded it. In the year 2002, the Liberal Party was the largest single party in the Colombian Congress, with 54 out of 166 deputies, and 28 of 102 senators. In the election of 2006, the party won 38 out of 166 Deputies and 18 out of 102 senators. With the election of independent President of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe Vélez as president the Liberal party reached its greatest crisis ever. Alvaro Uribe is indeed a former member of the party, having crafted all of his political career prior to his election inside it, and has the strong backing of a substantial majority of the former Liberal elected congressmen. Wikipedia [ - ]

The Colombian Liberal Party is a center-left party in Colombia that adheres to social democracy... [ + ]