Revolutionary Popular Forces Lorenzo Zelaya Explained

Revolutionary Popular Forces Lorenzo Zelaya
Native Name:Fuerzas Populares Revolucionarias Lorenzo Zelaya
Colorcode:Red
Foundation:1980
Ideology:Communism
Revolutionary socialism
Country:Honduras
Split:PCMLH
Merged:PRP
Position:Far-left

Fuerzas Populares Revolucionarias Lorenzo Zelaya (Revolutionary Popular Forces Lorenzo Zelaya), was a clandestine politico-military movement in Honduras. FPRLZ was formed in 1980 by dissidents of PCMLH. FPRLZ was inspired by the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979, and unlike the traditional communist parties (the PCH and PCMLH), FPRLZ advocated guerrilla struggle.

FPRLZ maintained relations with Salvadoran Fuerzas Populares de Liberación, and later with FMLN when the front was more consolidated. In 1990 FPRLZ merged with other tendencies to form Partido Renovación Patriótica.

FPRLZ was named after the peasants leader Lorenzo Zelaya, who was murdered in 1965.