Liberty and Refoundation

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

Abbreviation	Libre
Leader	Manuel Zelaya
General Secretary	Juan Alberto Barahona Mejía
President of Honduras	Xiomara Castro
Founded	26 June 2011; 13 years ago (2011-06-26)
Split from	Liberal Party of Honduras
Headquarters	Tegucigalpa
Ideology	Socialism of the 21st century Democratic socialism^[3] Progressivism^[4] Left-wing populism Anti-capitalism^[7]
Political position	Left-wing
Regional affiliation	São Paulo Forum
International affiliation	Progressive International
Colours	Red and Black
National Congress	50 / 128
Party flag

Website
www.libre.hn
Politics of Honduras Political parties Elections

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]

No.	Image	Name (Birth-Death)	Term in office			Elections	Note
No.	Image	Name (Birth-Death)	Start term	End term	Time in office	Elections	Note
1		Manuel Zelaya (born 1952)	26 June 2011	Incumbent	13 years, 332 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

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

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
2013	José Manuel Zelaya Rosales	756,839	27.51%	37 / 128	37	2nd	Opposition
2017		1,360,442	23.44%	30 / 128	7	2nd	Opposition
2021			40.23%	50 / 128	20	1st	Government

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