19 Facts About Peter Camejo

Peter Miguel Camejo Guanche was a Venezuelan American author, activist, politician and Sailing Olympian.

Peter Camejo then resided with his mother in the United States and returned to Venezuela during summer holidays to visit family.

In later youth Peter Camejo showed talent as a yachtsman, competing in 1960 for Venezuela at the Rome Olympics with his father in the Star class, where they took 21st place.

Peter Camejo entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, involving himself in soccer and, increasingly, left-wing politics.

In 1992 Peter Camejo committed $20,000 of his own money toward establishing the Progressive Alliance of Alameda County, an organizational effort that did not sustain itself.

However, in January 2004 Peter Camejo initiated the Avocado Declaration which compares Greens, to avocados.

Just over a month after the 2004 election, Peter Camejo was elected as one of California's delegates to the National Committee of the Green Party and established the GDI, "Greens for Democracy and Independence," a cadre group within the larger Green Party of California that ran candidates for local Green County Councils.

At the 2005 Green Party National Convention, Peter Camejo stated that he would not be a candidate for President in 2008.

Peter Camejo wrote a number of articles concerning the divisions evident in the Green Party in the aftermath of the turbulent 2004 national convention, continuing the themes of the Avocado Declaration in opposing attempts to "cozy up" to the newly formed Progressive Democrats of America.

Peter Camejo ran for Governor of California three times, against incumbent governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2002 and 2006, and in the 2003 recall election in which Schwarzenegger replaced Davis as governor.

In 2002, Peter Camejo ran uncontested in the California Green Party gubernatorial primary.

In 2006, Peter Camejo made his third bid for Governor of California against incumbent Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic Party nominee Phil Angelides.

Peter Camejo was submitted as a candidate in the Green Party of California's March 2,2004, Presidential Preference Primary.

However many delegates were alienated by non-Green Party member Ralph Nader's wanting the party's hard-won ballot lines, and by Peter Camejo's maneuver serving as a proxy for Nader in California.

Peter Camejo is the author of The SRI Advantage: Why Socially Responsible Investing Has Outperformed Financially.

At the time of his death, Peter Camejo was engaged in writing North Star: A Memoir, published in May 2010 by Haymarket Books.

Peter Camejo died because of lymphoma on September 13,2008, at his home in Folsom, California.

Peter Camejo was survived by his wife, Morella Camejo; stepdaughter Alexandra Baquero, stepson Victor Baquero, and brothers Antonio and Daniel Camejo and Danny Ratner.

Peter Camejo last worked as the Chief Executive Officer of Progressive Asset Management, a financial investment firm that encourages socially responsible projects.