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Proposal Details

Proposal ID	1303
Proposal	GPUS affiliation with the Federation of Green Parties of the Americas and the Global Greens
Presenter	International Committee
Floor Manager	Kalia Fitzgerald
Phase	Closed - Adopted
Discussion	06-22-2026 - 07-12-2026
Voting	07-13-2026 - 07-19-2026
Presens Quorum	Two Thirds of Active Accredited States/Caucuses
Consens Quorum	A Majority of Yes and No Votes

Background

Purpose:

The purpose of this proposal is to re-affiliate the Green Party of the United States with the Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas and the Global Greens.

The proposal begins with a lengthy Background section, lengthy because there is relevant history to present, past issues to address, and several new questions the International Committee has received. The References section at the end of the proposal provides our sources for information in the Background section.

The basic decisions asked of the National Committee in the proposal are:

1. The GPUS will seek affiliation with the Federation of the Green Parties of the Americans and with the Global Greens.

2. The GPUS will rescind its 2019 decision to affiliate with the São Paulo Forum, an affiliation which has still not occurred in practice, now seven years later.

Link: https://gpus.org/committees/international/proposal-1303-gpus-affiliation-with-the-federation-of-green-parties-of-the-americas-and-the-global-greens/

Proposal

The National Committee of the Green Party of the United States shall:

1. Rescind the National Committee decision of October 27, 2019 to seek affiliation with the São Paulo Forum.

2. Direct the International Committee to apply to the FPVA for affiliation by GPUS.

3. Direct the International Committee to apply for full membership of GPUS in the Global Greens once GPUS is reaffiliated with the FPVA.

4. Amend the International Committee Rules to make them consistent with the decisions of this proposal, as follows:

Summary: These amendments delete references to the São Paulo Forum and the Global Green Network (GGN), which does not exist. They also synchronize elections of delegates and alternatives to the FPVA and Global Greens. The sequential numbering of Sections shall be adjusted to account for deleted sections. How the current and proposed amended International Committee Rules read are linked in the references below.

Section 1-2.4

Delete Old Language: Select GPUS Delegates to the São Paulo Forum from among the membership of the International Committee, for terms of two years. Selected delegates must be confirmed by a majority vote of the GPUS National Committee. The number of Delegates shall be three, unless otherwise prescribed by the São Paulo Forum. Investigation and removal of confirmed Delegates for misconduct or malfeasance shall be the responsibility of the National Committee, using the same due-process provisions and voting procedures in GPUS bylaws which govern the recall of Steering Committee members.

Section 3-1:

Old Language: Delegates and Alternates to the São Paulo Forum (SPF), Federación de Partidos Verdes de las Américas (FPVA), the Global Green Network (GGN), and Global Green Congresses.

New language: Delegates and Alternates to the Federación de Partidos Verdes de las Américas (FPVA) and Global Green Congresses.

Section 3-1.1(a):

Old Language: The Committee shall elect GPUS Delegates to the São Paulo Forum, Federacion de Partidos Verdes de las Americas (FPVA), the Global Green Network (GGN), and the Global Green Congress from within theInternational Committee. Only Committee Members may be Delegates. An FPVA Delegate may also be a Delegate to the Global Green Coordination (GGC), if elected to that position by the Federation, but may not also be a Delegate to the Global Green Network (GGN). Any Member of the Committee may be nominated and serve as Delegate or Alternate to the São Paulo Forum and/or Global Green Congress. No member of any committee of the Green Party of the United States, nor of any state Green party or caucus affiliated with GPUS, may claim to be a GPUS-authorized Representative or Observer, in any international meeting or body, absent selection according to either Section 3-1 or 3-2 of these Rules, Policies and Procedures.

New Language: The Committee shall elect GPUS Delegates to the Federacion de Partidos Verdes de las Americas (FPVA) and the Global Green Congress from within the International Committee. Only Committee Members may be Delegates. An FPVA Delegate may also be a Delegate to the Global Green Coordination (GGC), if elected to that position by the Federation. Any Member of the Committee may be nominated and serve as Delegate or Alternate to General Assemblies of the FPVA and to Global Green Congresses. No member of any committee of the Green Party of the United States, nor of any state Green party or caucus affiliated with GPUS, may claim to be a GPUS-authorized Representative or Observer, in any international meeting or body, absent selection according to either Section 3-1 or 3-2 of these Rules, Policies and Procedures.

Section 3-1.2:

Old Language: The number of Delegates to FPVA and the Global Greens shall be defined by those bodies. The number of Delegates to the São Paulo Forum shall be three, unless otherwise prescribed by the São Paulo Forum.

New Language: The number of Delegates to FPVA and the Global Greens shall be defined by those bodies.

Section 3-1.3:

Old Language: Unless otherwise prescribed by the São Paulo Forum, FPVA, and the Global Green Congress respectively, the Committee shall also elect a number of Alternates equal to the number of Delegates. Alternates shall serve in the order they were ranked in their election.

New Language: Unless otherwise prescribed by the FPVA and the Global Greens respectively, the Committee shall also elect a number of Alternates equal to the number of Delegates. Alternates shall serve in the order they were ranked in their election.

Section 3-1.4(b):

Delete Old Language: Terms of São Paulo Forum Delegates and Alternates shall be FOR two-year terms, unless otherwise specified by the São Paulo Forum.

Section 3-1.6(a):

Old Language: The nomination period for FPVA DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES and GGN Delegates shall take place every two years and in alternating years with the nomination period for São Paulo Forum Delegates and Alternates. The nomination period shall be announced by the co-chairs every year and shall be for two weeks beginning at 12:01 am East Coast time on the LAST Monday of January and end at midnight Sunday evening Pacific Coast time two weeks later. The nomination period for Global Green Congress Delegates AND ALTERNATES shall be for two weeks beginning at 12:01 am East Coast time on the first Monday closest to at least 120 days prior to the commencement of the Global Green Congress and end at midnight Sunday evening two weeks later. Members may nominate themselves. Nominations do not need to be seconded.

New Language: The nomination period for FPVA and Global Green Congress delegates and alternates shall take place every two years. The nomination period shall be announced by the co-chairs to every International Committee member, alternate, advisor, and observer every other year and shall be for two weeks beginning at 12:01 am East Coast time on the last Monday of January and end at midnight Sunday evening Pacific Coast time two weeks later. Elections shall be conducted on the Committee listserve or, should one be available, on the Committee voting page. Delegates and alternates to the FPVA and the Global Green Congress shall be elected at the same time by Proportional Ranked Choice Voting (STV), in each case with “None of the Above” and “No Other Candidate” as options. Members may nominate themselves. Nominations do not need to be seconded.

Section 3-1.7(a):

Old Language: Elections shall be conducted on the Committee listserve or, should one be available, on the Committee voting page. Delegates and Alternates to the São Paulo Forum, FPVA, AND the Global Green Congress SHALL BE ELECTED AT THE SAME TIME BY Choice Voting (STV), in EACH case with “None of the Above” and “No Other Candidate” as options.

New Language: Elections shall be conducted on the Committee listserve or, should one be available, on the Committee voting page. Delegates and Alternates to the FPVA and the Global Green Congress shall be elected at the same time by Choice Voting (STV), in EACH case with “None of the Above” and “No Other Candidate” as options.

Section 3-1.8(a):

Old Language: Perform all duties and responsibilities as defined by the São Paulo Forum, FPVA, and the Global Greens, respectively.

New Language: Perform all duties and responsibilities as defined by the FPVA and the Global Greens, respectively.

Section 3-1.8(f):

Old Language: Provide a written report to the Committee and the National Committee explaining votes by the Delegate or Alternate at the São Paulo Forum, FPVA meetings, and Global Green Congress.

New Language: Provide a written report to the Committee and the National Committee explaining votes by the Delegate or Alternate at the FPVA and Global Greens Congress.

Resources

IMPLEMENTATION/TIMELINE/RESOURCES:

BUDGET:

Global Greens Annual Membership Fee: $1,000 a year

FPVA Annual Membership Fee: $200 a year.

Travel and Accommodations for FPVA and Global Greens meetings will be budgeted from year to year depending on the meetings scheduled.

In the past, GPUS delegates to the FPVA and Global Greens have largely paid for their own travel and accommodation expenses. The International Committee would prefer that these expenses be paid by GPUS so that any member can afford to be elected and represent GPUS at these meetings. Until such time as GPUS can budget these expenses in full or in part, the IC will solicit donations from GPUS members to support these delegates’ expenses.

VOLUNTEER TIME:

Three to six members of the International Committee will be needed as three delegates to the FPVA General Assemblies and the Global Greens Congresses. That is the minimum volunteer time needed. More participants would be welcome.

The delegates’ responsibilities on an ongoing basis will be to monitor, report back, and be in communication with FPVA and Global Greens bodies and their affiliated parties. The representatives are expected to give a written annual report to the International Committee on the year’s activities, the annual FPVA General Assembly, and the activities of the Global Green Coordination and, if held that year, the Global Green Congress.

The representatives additional responsibilities will be to attend the annual FPVA General Assembly and the Global Green Congress, which is held normally every five years.

Additional work that would be good to do is attending as guests to such meetings as the annual European Greens Congress and the meetings of other national Green parties and reporting back to the International Committee on those meetings.

References

ID 979: GPUS joining the Sao Paulo Forum, October 27, 2019, https://secure.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=979

IC 1078: GPUS to Withdraw from the FPVA, May 22, 2022, https://secure.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=1078

Current GPUS International Committee Rules, Policies and Procedures: https://gpus.org/committees/international/committee-rules/.

GPUS International Committee Rules, Policies and Procedures as amended by this proposal:

https://gpus.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/IC-Rules-Policies-and-Procedures-with-proposed-2026-amendments.pdf.

GLOBAL GREENS

Charter, https://globalgreens.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/GlobalGreens_Charter_2023.pdf

Statutes, https://globalgreens.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GlobalGreens_Statutes_2017.pdf

Rulebook, https://globalgreens.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/GlobalGreens_Rulebook_210602.pdf

Website: https://globalgreens.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/globalgreens/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/global.greens

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GlobalGreens

FEDERATION of GREEN PARTIES of the AMERICAS

GPUS/FPVA Correspondence – July 2020 to May 2022: https://gpus.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GPUS-FPVA-Correspondence-July-2020-to-May-2022.pdf

FPVA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FederacionVerdesAmerica/

FPVA Statutes:

Spanish: https://gpus.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ESTATUTOS-VIGENTES-FPVA-26-11-2022.pdf

English (Google translation): https://gpus.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/FPVA-Statutes-amended-2022.pdf

FPVA Regulations

Spanish: https://gpus.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/REGLAMENTOS-VIGENTES-FPVA-26-11-2022.pdf

English (Google translation): https://gpus.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/FPVA-Regulations-amemded-11-26-22.pdf

FPVA General Assembly Minutes and Reports

https://gpus.org/committees/international/international-committee-reports/.

FPVA Panel, "Growth of Political Ecology in the Americas," Online Global Greens Conference, February 17, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amKNz2z0EeQ.

Statement, January 19, 2026: "Rejection of the Unilateral Military Aggression Against Venezuela"

Spanish: https://gpus.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/FPVA-statement-on-US-aggression-against-Venezuela-Spanish.pdf

English: https://gpus.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/FPVA-statement-on-US-aggression-against-Venezuela-English.pdf

SAO PAOLO FORUM

Website: forodesaopaulo.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forodesaopaulo/

Alejandro Olmos, “What is the São Paulo Forum and Why Might It Be Over?,” Heraldo USA, February 2, 2026, https://www.heraldousa.com/latestnews/what-is-the-sao-paulo-forum-and-why-might-it-be-over-find-out-here-20260202-0065.html.

Miguel Angel Martinez Meucci, "The dangerous ambiguity of the São Paulo Forum,” Latinoamerica21, July 11, 2023, https://latinoamerica21.com/en/the-dangerous-ambiguity-of-the-sao-paulo-forum/.

Denationalized Nicaraguan Leftists, “Open Letter to the Parties and Organizations of the São Paulo Forum,” Against the Current, June 2, 2023, https://againstthecurrent.org/open-letter-to-the-parties-and-organizations-of-the-sao-paulo-forum/.

Workers Party of Brazil, “The second edition of CELAC Social begins in Honduras,” June 27, 2024, https://fpabramo.org.br/cooperacao-internacional/se-inicia-la-segunda-edicion-de-la-celac-social-en-honduras/.

GREEN PARTY of BRAZIL

Website: https://pv.org.br

Platform: https://pv.org.br/opartido/programa/.

https://pv.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/programa_web.pdf.

Green Party (Brazil), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_(Brazil)

Fernando Gabeira, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Gabeira

Alfredo Sirkis, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_Sirkis

GREEN ECOLOGIST PARTUY of BOLIVIA

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063958747233.

Opinión, “El Partido Verde y Conamaq firman acuerdo político rumbo a las elecciones,” November 13, 2013, https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/el-pais/partido-verde-conamaq-firman-acuerdo-politico-rumbo-elecciones/20131128153100455301.html.

El Diario, “Who’s Who: Margot Soria Saravia,” Partido Verde de Bolivia Candidate,” July 25, 2014, https://www.pub.eldiario.net/noticias/2014/2014_07/nt140725/politica.php?n=55&-margot-soria-saravia.

Sarah Cui, “The Green Party of Bolivia urges supporters to polls “in defense of life and democracy”, Global Green News, October 18, 2020, https://globalgreen.news/en/the-green-party-of-bolivia-urges-supporters-to-polls-in-defense-of-life-and-democracy/.

GREEN PARTY of CANADA

Website: https://www.greenparty.ca//en

Social Green Regionalist Federation of Chile

Website: federacionregionalistaverdesocial.cl.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/regionalistasverdess/.

Newsfeed: https://frevs.cl.

Pablo Riveros EcoSenador, https://www.facebook.com/pabloriverosecosenador/.

GREEN ALLIANCE of COLUMBIA

Website: https://alianzaverde.org.co.

M-19, or April 19th Movement, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_of_April_Movement.

Antonio Navarro Wolff, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Navarro_Wolff

Carlos Ramón González, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Ram ó n_Gonz á lez

Antonio Sanguino, https://x.com/AntonioSanguino.

Manuela Andreoni, “Colombia Is the Deadliest Country for Environmental Activists, Report Finds,” New York Times, September 9, 2024, https://archive.fo/b7kJK.

AFP, “361 environmental activists killed in Colombia since 2018,” Genocide Watch, October 24, 2024, https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/more-than-350-environmental-activists-killed-in-colombia-since-2018.

GREEN SOCIALIST PARTY of the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Antolín Polanco, President of the Green Party of the Dominican Republic, interview with

Hector Herrera, July 7, 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7o_0NjVTuo.

Poder Político, “Abinader nombra aliados en INAVI y el Consejo Nacional de Fronteras,” February 3, 2025, https://poderpolitico.com.do/nacionales/abinader-nombra-aliados-en-inavi-y-el-consejo-nacional-de-fronteras/.

National Renaissance Party (Dominican Republic), https://grokipedia.com/page/national_renaissance_party_dominican_republic.

Simón Rodríguez, “El regimen Dominicano, de paria regional a vanguardia del la ola reaccionaria,” NACLA, January 9, 2026, https://nacla.org/regimen-dominicano-paria-regional-vanguardia-ola-reaccionaria/.

Yanessi Espinal, “El nacionalismo gana terreno como discurso político en R. Dominicana,” October 4, 2018, https://almomento.net/el-nacionalismo-gana-terreno-como-discurso-politico-en-r-dominicana/.

Dick Howard, “Dominican Republic Spurns Haitian Migrants: Rejection of African Heritage Fuels Anti-Haitian Views,” NACLA, September 7, 2007, https://nacla.org/dominican-republic-spurns-haitian-migrants-rejection-african-heritage-fuels-anti-haitian/.

Porfirio Diaz Nieto, 2020 nominee for President for the Green Party of the Dominican Republic, calls for a wall to be built between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, https://x.com/porfiriolopezrd/status/1200873370574827522?s=20.

Presidencia de la República Dominicana, “Presidente Abinader firma Pacto de Nación por crisis haitiana,” October 26, 2023, https://presidencia.gob.do/noticias/presidente-abinader-firma-pacto-de-nacion-por-crisis-haitiana.

Acento, “Firman Pacto de Nación por la crisis de Haití,” October 10, 2023, https://acento.com.do/actualidad/firma-del-pacto-de-nacion-por-la-crisis-de-haiti-9260702.html.

2016 and 2022 Dominican Republic municipal elections, “REPUBLICA DOMINICANA: Votos válidos a nivel municipal, según partido, elecciones a nivel municipal, 2016 y 2020,” https://www.one.gob.do/media/gvzhstzl/votos-obtenidos-seg%C3%BAn-partido-elecciones-a-nivel-municipal-2016-2020.xlsx.

2024 Dominican Republic national elections, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Dominican_Republic_general_election.

GrREEN ECOLOGIST PARTY of MEXICO

Ben Raue, “Global Greens fall out over Mexican Greens,” The Tally Room, March 4, 2009, https://www.tallyroom.com.au/821.

Green Party of the United States, “Resolution against the Death Penalty,” April 5, 2008, https://secure.gpus.org/cgi-bin/vote/propdetail?pid=382.

Per Gharton, "Parido Verde Ecologista Mexicana (PVEM) – a strong Green party,

supporting left wing president Obrador,” November 2018, https://gpus.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/PVEM-report-2019-Per-Gahrton.pdf.

Maria Verza, "Mexico’s small, oft-questioned Green Party to become the second-largest force in Congress,” AP, June 14, 2025, https://apnews.com/article/mexico-green-party-second-force-congress-opportunism-4b6edb2251e39870a84af954456f0556.

ECOLOGICAL MOVMENT of VENEZUELA

Aimee Gabay, “Amid Venezuela’s illegal gold heist are armed groups, gangs & elites, report says,” Mongabay, October 2, 2025, https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/amid-venezuelas-illegal-gold-heist-are-armed-groups-gangs-elites-report-says/.

Carlos Egaña, "Venezuela’s Orinoco Mining Belt: The Economy, Environment and Violence,” Venezuelanalysis, September 8, 2016, https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/12417/.

Édgar López, “Fighting Large-scale Mining With Bows and Arrows: Gold and Chaos in Orinoco,” Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, October 3, 2017, https://www.occrp.org/en/project/gold-and-chaos-in-orinoco/fighting-large-scale-mining-with-bows-and-arrows.

World Rainforest Movement, "Predatory mining in Venezuela: The Orinoco Mining Arc, enclave economies and the National Mining Plan,” March 9, 2021, https://www.wrm.org.uy/bulletin-articles/predatory-mining-in-venezuela-the-orinoco-mining-arc-enclave-economies-and-the-national-mining-plan.

Carlos Chancellor, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Chancellor.

Américo de Grazia, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Américo_de_Grazia

Américo de Grazia 2021 campaign message: https://www.facebook.com/americodegrazia/posts/pfbid0hrVyEZ2kFYetJkQsZuSCRQL2YMBwUvruwszx9bjYW773d38werdPJ9WGbLt9E9Gsl.

Américo de Grazia and Carlos Chancellor at 2021 campaign rally, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3042073242741249&set=a.2971034729845101.

Diaro Las Américas, “ONG exige al régimen de Maduro liberar al opositor Américo de Grazia, tras un año detenido,” August 9, 2025, https://www.diariolasamericas.com/america-latina/ong-exige-al-regimen-maduro-liberar-al-opositor-americo-grazia-un-ano-detenido-n5380467.

Prensa Punto, “Carlos Chancellor se reúne con su madre de 94 años tras 11 meses en El Helicoide,” August 4, 2025, https://puntodecorte.net/carlos-chancellor-se-reune-con-su-madre-de-94-anos/.

UN Human Rights Council, Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, “Opinion No. 54/2025 concerning Américo Giuseppe De Grazia Veltri, Carlos Marcelino Chancellor Ferrer and Williams Daniel Dávila Barrios (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela),” October 30, 2025, https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4100518?v=pdf.

La Causa Radical Guyana, “De Grazia y Chancellor denuncian criminalización de la minería artesanal,” July 23, 2011, https://lacausaradicalguayana.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/de-grazia-y-chancellor-denuncian-criminalizacion-de-la-mineria-artesanal/.

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