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 | Socialism of the 21st century Democratic socialism[1][2] Progressivism[3] Left-wing populism Anti-capitalism[4][5] |
Political position | Left-wing[6][7] |
Regional affiliation | São Paulo Forum |
International affiliation | Progressive International |
Colours | Red and Black |
National Congress | 50 / 128 |
Party flag | |
Website | |
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Liberty and Refoundation (Spanish: Libertad y Refundación, Libre; libre is the Spanish word for "free") is a left-wing political party in Honduras.[8] Libre was founded in 2011 by the National Popular Resistance Front (FNRP), a leftist coalition of organizations opposed to the 2009 coup.[8]
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.[9] 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.[4]
At least eighteen Libre pre-candidates, candidates, family members, and campaign leaders were killed between June 2012 and October 2013.[10] 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."[4][5]
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.[11]
There are at least five factions within Liberty and Refoundation.[12]
No. | Image | Name (Birth-Death) |
Term in office | Elections | Note | ||
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Start term | End term | Time in office | |||||
1 | Manuel Zelaya (born 1952) |
26 June 2011 | Incumbent | 12 years, 225 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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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 |
Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
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2013 | José Manuel Zelaya Rosales | 756,839 | 27.51% | 37 / 128
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37 | 2nd | In opposition |
2017 | 1,360,442 | 23.44% | 30 / 128
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2021 | 12,758,098 | 40.23% | 50 / 128
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20 | 1st | In government |