The party's founding congress was held in the Bogota Convention Centre from August 28 to August 31, 2017 with the participation of one thousand delegates, including former FARC militants and members of the
Colombian Clandestine Communist Party, as well as some 200 invitees from various sectors of Colombian society and delegations from left-wing groups in other countries, primarily those in Latin America and the Caribbean. The congress concluded on September 1 with the unveiling of the new party in Bogotá's Plaza Bolívar, with over ten thousand people in attendance. In his speech, party leader
Timoleón Jiménez put forth a proposal for a national transition government for the 2018–2022 term. The National Directorate is made up of 111 members. In total, 26 women were elected, representing 23% of the new party's leadership. The party's original name, chosen to maintain the acronym FARC used by its armed predecessor, was agreed upon on 31 August 2017 during the party's founding congress, prevailing over the other proposed name,
Nueva Colombia ("New Colombia") by 628 votes. The party's logo, a design with a rose and a red star in the center, was revealed at the same time. == Goals ==