Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean

COPPPAL was created on 12 October 1979, in Oaxaca, Mexico, by a group of progressive political parties from the region, led by Gustavo Carvajal Moreno, who was then president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). COPPPAL is the most important forum for political parties in Latin America and the Caribbean, currently comprising 72 progressive political parties from 30 countries across the continent. It established a trilateral alliance with ICAPP, an organization of Asian political parties, and CAPP, which brings together African political parties, forming a conglomerate of 700 political parties. Its current president is Senator Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas (PRI), elected by acclamation for the 2022-2026 term.

Its first president (1979-1981) was the Mexican Gustavo Carvajal Moreno (then president of the National Executive Committee of the PRI). Its current president is the Mexican politician Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), unanimously elected by 60 parties from 29 countries of the continent on November 28, 2019, during the XXXVII Plenary Meeting, held in Managua, Nicaragua.

Within the coalition of political parties, the women's organization, COPPPAL Women, can also be identified. It is chaired by Ximena Rivillo of the PPD of Chile, who succeeded Margarita Zapata, granddaughter of the Mexican Revolution general Emiliano Zapata. Previously, Xiomara Castro, the current president of Honduras, held the position. The organization also includes COPPPAL Youth, led by Carlos Gutiérrez Mancilla (PRI), who succeeded Sebastián Hagobián of the Broad Front of Uruguay.

The executive secretary is Sofía Carvajal Isunza, and the deputy executive secretary is Jorge García Córdova, both since November 2019.

The regional vice presidents are: Alberto Aguilar Iñárritu of the PRI, Vice President for the North American Region; Timoteo Zambrano of the Cambiemos Party, Vice President for the Andean Region; Francisco Cafiero of the Justicialist Party, Vice President for the Southern Cone; Ambassador Fausto Liz of the PRM, Vice President for the Caribbean Region; and Eduardo Martell of the Liberal Party of Honduras, Vice President for the Central American Region.

COPPPAL has an Electoral Observatory that monitors electoral processes in Latin America and the Caribbean. Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas (PRI) is the president, and Dr. Dolores Gandulfo of the Justicialist Party of Argentina serves as director general. It also has the "Gustavo Carvajal Moreno" Institute for Political Training, coordinated by Lázaro Jiménez Aquino.

The coordinator of Commissions is Jorge Mirabal from the MAS party of Venezuela, and the coordination of Admissions is in charge of Deputy Ricardo Polanco from the PRSD party.

President: Alejandro Moreno Cárdenas (since 2022)