Liberty and Refoundation
Political party in Honduras From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liberty and Refoundation (Spanish: Libertad y Refundación, Libre; libre is the Spanish word for "free") is a left-wing[8][9][10] political party in Honduras. Libre was founded in 2011 by the National Popular Resistance Front (FNRP), a leftist coalition of organizations opposed to the 2009 coup.[8]
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Liberty and Refoundation Libertad y Refundación | |
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| Abbreviation | Libre |
| Leader | Manuel Zelaya |
| General Secretary | Juan Alberto Barahona Mejía |
| President of Honduras | Xiomara Castro |
| Founded | 26 June 2011 |
| Split from | Liberal Party of Honduras |
| Headquarters | Tegucigalpa |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Regional affiliation | São Paulo Forum |
| International affiliation | Progressive International |
| Colours | Red and Black |
| National Congress | 50 / 128 |
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Xiomara Castro, the wife of former president Manuel Zelaya who was deposed in the 2009 coup, was the presidential candidate of the party in the 2013 presidential election; Zelaya was not allowed to run for a second term under the constitution. Castro took second place in the four-way race, receiving approximately 29 percent of the vote behind Juan Orlando Hernández's 34 percent.[11] Castro has stated that if she won the 2021 presidential election, she would promote democratic socialism and ask the National Congress to draft a new constitution.[5]
At least eighteen Libre pre-candidates, candidates, family members, and campaign leaders were killed between June 2012 and October 2013.[12] Additionally, it is strongly opposed to free market capitalism and the neo-liberal economic model, and maintains a long-term goal of "establishing an alternative economic system."[5][6]
On 28 November 2021, Xiomara Castro, presidential candidate of Liberty and Refoundation, won 53% of the votes in the presidential election to become the first female president of Honduras.[13]
Factions
There are at least five factions within Liberty and Refoundation.[14]
- 28 June Movement (Movimiento 28 de junio)
- People's Resistance Movement (Movimiento Resistencia Popular, MRP)
- Organized People in Resistance (Pueblo Organizado en Resistencia, POR)
- People's Refoundation Force (Fuerza de Refundación Popular, FRP)
- 5 July Movement (Movimiento 5 de julio)
List of political leaders
| No. | Image | Name (Birth-Death) |
Term in office | Elections | Note | ||
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| Start term | End term | Time in office | |||||
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Manuel Zelaya (born 1952) |
26 June 2011 | Incumbent | 13 years, 302 days | 2013 General Election Candidate : Xiomara Castro 896,498 / 3,115,448 |
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| 2017 General Election Candidate : Salvador Nasralla 1,360,442 / 3,284,704 | |||||||
| 2021 General Election Candidate : Xiomara Castro 1,716,793 / 3,358,053 | |||||||
Electoral history
Presidential elections
| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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| 2013 | Xiomara Castro | 896,498 | 28.78% | Lost  |
| 2017 | Salvador Nasralla (with PINU) | 1,360,442 | 41.42% | |
| 2021 | Xiomara Castro | 1,716,793 | 51.12% | Elected  |
| 2025 | Rixi Moncada | TBD |
National Congress
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
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| 2013 | José Manuel Zelaya Rosales | 756,839 | 27.51% | 37 / 128 |
 37 |
2nd |
Opposition |
| 2017 | 1,360,442 | 23.44% | 30 / 128 |
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Opposition | ||
| 2021 | 40.23% | 50 / 128 |
20 |
1st |
Government |
See also
References
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