National Liberal Party of Cuba

The National Liberal Party of Cuba (Spanish: Partido Liberal Nacional de Cuba, PLNC) was a political party of Cuba, founded in 2004 and dissolved in 2014.

National Liberal Party of Cuba Partido Liberal Nacional de Cuba
Founded	2004
Dissolved	20 February 2014
Merged into	Cuban Liberal Solidarity Party
Headquarters	Havana
Ideology	National liberalism Anti-communism
Political position	Centre-right
International affiliation	Liberal International
Politics of Cuba Political parties Elections

History

The party was founded under the name Cuban Liberal Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Liberal Cubano) in 2004. It changed its name to PLNC in 2007.^[1] Party members were often intimidated, arrested, or imprisoned by political police.^[2]

On February 20, 2014, it merged with the Democratic Solidarity Party, adopting the name Cuban Liberal Solidarity Party (Spanish: Partido Solidaridad Liberal Cubano, PSLC).^[3]

Ideology

The National Liberal Party of Cuba was a party of liberal ideology, since it defended postulates like nonintervention of the state and absolute economic freedom. The PLNC struggled to end Cuba's socialist system and respect for human rights. It was open to engaging in a dialogue with all pro-democratic forces in Cuba, especially those of liberal descent.^[1]

See also

• Cuba portal

• List of political parties in Cuba
• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberalism by country
• Liberal democracy
• Liberalism in Cuba