Liberty and Refoundation
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Liberty and Refoundation
| native_name = Libertad y Refundación
| logo = Logo LIBRE.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| flag = Libertad y Refundacion Party Logo.svg
| colorcode = #8B0000
| abbreviation = Libre
| leader = Manuel Zelaya
| general_secretary = Juan Alberto Barahona Mejía
| leader1_title = President of Honduras
| leader1_name = Xiomara Castro
| founded = 26 June 2011
| split = Liberal Party of Honduras
| headquarters = Tegucigalpa
| ideology = Social democracy Democratic socialism[1][2]
Progressivism[3]
Left-wing populism
Liberty and Refoundation (Spanish: Libertad y Refundación, Libre; libre is the Spanish word for "free") is a left-wing political party in Honduras.[4] Libre was founded in 2011 by the National Popular Resistance Front (FNRP), a leftist coalition of organizations opposed to the 2009 coup.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
At least eighteen Libre pre-candidates, candidates, family members, and campaign leaders were killed between June 2012 and October 2013.[7] 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."[6][8]
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.[9]
Factions[edit]
There are at least five factions within Liberty and Refoundation.[10]
- 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[edit]
| No. | Image | Name (Birth-Death) |
Term in office | Elections | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start term | End term | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | 
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Manuel Zelaya (born 1952) |
26 June 2011 | Incumbent | 12 years, 328 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
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| 2021 General Election Candidate : Xiomara Castro 1,716,793 / 3,358,053
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Electoral history[edit]
Presidential elections[edit]
| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Xiomara Castro | 896,498 | 28.78% | Lost 
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| 2017 | Salvador Nasralla (with PINU) | 1,360,442 | 41.42% | |
| 2021 | Xiomara Castro | 1,716,793 | 51.12% | Elected 
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National Congress[edit]
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | José Manuel Zelaya Rosales | 756,839 | 27.51% | 37 / 128
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 37
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2nd
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In opposition |
| 2017 | 1,360,442 | 23.44% | 30 / 128
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 7
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| 2021 | 40.23% | 50 / 128
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20
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1st
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In government |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Provável primeira mulher presidente de Honduras promete "socialismo democrático"" [Honduras' likely first female president pledges "democratic socialism"]. CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ Paley, Dawn (10 December 2013). "In Honduras Election, the People's Will Is Hushed but Not Silenced". The Nation. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ Nery Chaves García (8 November 2019). "Honduras y un progresismo que no despega". CELAG. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ a b Frank, Dana (22 May 2012). "Honduras: Which Side Is the US On?". The Nation. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ "El oficialista Juan Orlando Hernández encabeza la elección de Honduras" [The official Juan Orlando Hernández leads the election of Honduras]. CNN Mexico. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Libre propone conducir a Honduras al socialismo y derogar la constitución" [Libre proposes to lead Honduras to socialism and repeal the constitution]. Diario El Heraldo (in Spanish).
- ^ Karen Spring (21 October 2013). "Context of the Honduran Electoral Process 2012: Incomplete list of Killings and Armed Attacks Related to Political Campaigning in Honduras" (PDF). Rights Action. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ Corona, Tania. "Libre insiste en una nueva Constitución" [Libre insists on a new Constitution]. www.laprensa.hn (in Spanish).
- ^ "Honduras elected its first female president, Xiomara Castro". NBC News. 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Movimientos de tres partidos políticos a la cacería de votos". La Tribuna (in Spanish). 20 May 2012. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014.
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