Venezuelan American politician Peter Camejo initiated the Avocado Declaration in January 2004 as part of the Avocado Education Project to explain why he believed that the Green Party of the United States should adopt a firm and uncompromising identity to promote its values and combat opposition from the more powerful Democratic and Republican parties in the United States. Camejo also established a cadre group within the Green Party of California based on his Avocado Declaration, and a currently defunct PAC, called IDEA.