Is Pacto Histórico left wing or right wing?

On economic organisation Pacto Histórico scores −06 on a scale from −10 (common ownership) to +10 (private property and markets). On social and cultural order it scores −06. A single left–right figure combines these and four further measurements that move independently, which is why the atlas reports six.

Is Pacto Histórico authoritarian?

On the organisation of power, which measures whether authority is dispersed among institutions that can stop each other or concentrated in a single centre, Pacto Histórico scores +01. Constitutional democracy with an assertive constitutional court that has repeatedly blocked the government.

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Pacto Histórico

Colombian left · 2021– · Colombia · Democratic Socialist · Electoral party · coding confidence medium

−06ECcollective

−06CUpluralist

+01AUmonist

+03SCcentral

−05IDuniversal

−03CHlawful

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

The first left government in Colombian history: land reform, health system overhaul, energy transition, negotiated peace with armed groups.

Economic model

Pension and health restructuring, halt to new oil exploration licences, land purchase for redistribution, higher taxes on extraction.

Organisation of powers

Constitutional democracy with an assertive constitutional court that has repeatedly blocked the government.

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The evidence for every score

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EC · Economic organisation · scored −06

Coded −6: pension, health and land reform financed by higher extraction and wealth taxation.

Documented act or statuteThe 2022 tax reform raised taxes on oil and coal exports and on high incomes.
Documented act or statuteNo new oil and gas exploration contracts have been signed since 2022.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored −06

Coded −6: the most socially liberal government in Colombian history.

Documented act or statuteSupported the constitutional court's decriminalisation of abortion to 24 weeks in 2022.

AU · Organisation of power · scored +01

Coded +1: constrained repeatedly by an assertive constitutional court and a hostile congress.

Documented act or statuteHealth and labour reforms were blocked or reduced in congress; the court struck down parts of the development plan.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +03

Coded +3: a unitary state with negotiated territorial peace.

Programme textTotal peace legislation created regional negotiating tables with armed groups.

ID · Rule of membership · scored −05

Coded −5: expansive regularisation of Venezuelan migrants.

Documented act or statuteColombia granted ten-year temporary protected status to around 1.8 million Venezuelans.

CH · Method and tempo · scored −03

Coded −3: a former guerrilla member governing entirely constitutionally.

Programme textTotal peace policy pursues negotiated demobilisation rather than military defeat.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

Countries

Colombia

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Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). Pacto Histórico. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/petro/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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