| Liberty and Refoundation | |
| Native Name: | Libertad y Refundación |
| Flag: | Libertad y Refundacion Party Logo.svg |
| Abbreviation: | Libre |
| Leader: | Manuel Zelaya |
| General Secretary: | Juan Alberto Barahona Mejía |
| Leader1 Title: | President of Honduras |
| Leader1 Name: | Xiomara Castro |
| Split: | Liberal Party of Honduras |
| Headquarters: | Tegucigalpa |
| Position: | Left-wing |
| Regional: | São Paulo Forum |
| Colours: | Red and Black |
| Seats1 Title: | National Congress |
| Country: | Honduras |
Liberty and Refoundation (Spanish; Castilian: Libertad y Refundación, Libre; libre is the Spanish word for "free") is a left-wing[1] [2] [3] 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.[1]
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.[4] 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.
At least eighteen Libre pre-candidates, candidates, family members, and campaign leaders were killed between June 2012 and October 2013.[5] 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."
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.[6]
There are at least five factions within Liberty and Refoundation.[7]
| Image | Name | Term in office | Elections | Note | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start term | End term | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Manuel Zelaya | 26 June 2011 | Incumbent | 2013 General Election | |||
| 2017 General Election | |||||||
| 2021 General Election | |||||||
| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | José Manuel Zelaya Rosales | 756,839 | 27.51% | 37 | 2nd | ||
| 2017 | 1,360,442 | 23.44% | 7 | ||||
| 2021 | 40.23% | 20 | 1st |