Liberty and Refoundation

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Liberty and Refoundation
Libertad y Refundación
AbbreviationLibre
LeaderManuel Zelaya
General SecretaryJuan Alberto Barahona Mejía
President of HondurasXiomara Castro
Founded26 June 2011; 15 years ago (2011-06-26)
Split fromLiberal Party of Honduras
HeadquartersTegucigalpa
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing
Regional affiliationSão Paulo Forum
International affiliationProgressive International
ColoursRed and black
National Congress
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Party flag
File:Libertad y Refundacion Party Logo.svg

Liberty and Refoundation (Spanish: Libertad y Refundación), also known as Libre (lit. '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]

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

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There are at least seven factions within Liberty and Refoundation.[14]

  • 28 June Movement (Movimiento 28 de junio)/ M28 since 2017
  • People's Resistance Movement (Movimiento Resistencia Popular, MRP) /Renewal and New Alternatives Movement (Movimiento Renovación Nuevas Alternativas, MORENA) since 2025
  • 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)
  • We are + (Somos+)
  • New Movemment (Nueva Corriente)

List of political leaders

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No. Image Name
(Birth-Death) 		Term in office Elections Note
Start term End term Time in office
1 File:Zelaya en Brasil Agosto 2009.jpg Manuel Zelaya
(born 1952) 		26 June 2011 Incumbent 15 years, 20 days 2013 General Election
Candidate : Xiomara Castro
896,498 / 3,115,448
2017 General Election
Candidate : Salvador Nasralla
1,360,442 / 3,284,704
2021 General Election
Candidate : Xiomara Castro
1,716,793 / 3,358,053
2025 General election
Candidate :
Rixi Moncada
650,000 / 7,000,000

Electoral history

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Presidential elections

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Election Party candidate Votes % Result
2013 Xiomara Castro 896,498 28.78% Lost Red XN
2017 Salvador Nasralla (with PINU) 1,360,442 41.42%
2021 Xiomara Castro 1,716,793 51.12% Elected Green tickY
2025 Rixi Moncada Lost Red XN

National Congress

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Election Party leader Votes marked % Seats +/– Position Government
2013 José Manuel Zelaya Rosales 7,568,392 27.51%
37 / 128
 Increase 37 Increase 2nd Opposition
2017 6,896,458 -
30 / 128
 Decrease 7 Opposition
2021 12,758,080 40.22%
50 / 128
 Increase 20 Increase 1st Government
2025 4,912,816 so far 24.29% so far
35 / 128
 Decrease 15 Decrease 3rd so far TBD

See also

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References

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