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Liberty and Refoundation Libertad y Refundación | |
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| Abbreviation | Libre |
| Leader | Manuel Zelaya |
| General Secretary | Juan Alberto Barahona Mejía |
| Founded | 26 June 2011; 14 years ago (2011-06-26) |
| Split from | Liberal Party of Honduras |
| Headquarters | Tegucigalpa |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Regional affiliation | São Paulo Forum |
| International affiliation | Progressive International |
| Colours | Red and black |
| National Congress | 35 / 128 |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| www | |
Liberty and Refoundation (Spanish:Libertad y Refundación), also known asLibre (lit. 'Free'), is aleft-wing[8][9][10]political party inHonduras. Libre was founded in 2011 by theNational Popular Resistance Front (FNRP), a leftist coalition of organizations opposed to the2009 coup againstManuel Zelaya.[8] The party has been led since its foundation by Zelaya and his wifeXiomara Castro who served as the president of Honduras from early 2022 to early 2026.
Xiomara Castro, the wife of former presidentManuel Zelaya, who was deposed in the 2009 coup, was the presidential candidate of the party in the2013 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 behindJuan Orlando Hernández's 34 percent.[11]
At least eighteen Libre pre-candidates, candidates, family members, and campaign leaders were killed between June 2012 and October 2013.[12] Additionally, it is stronglyopposed tofree marketcapitalism and theneo-liberal economic model, and maintains a long-term goal of "establishing an alternative economic system."[5][6]
On 28 November 2021, Castro, presidential candidate of Liberty and Refoundation, won 53% of the votes in thepresidential election to become the first female president of Honduras.[13] Castro stated during the campaign that she would promotedemocratic socialism and ask theNational Congress to draft a new constitution.[5] It also won 50 seats in the National Congress.
In the2025 Honduran general election, the party lost the presidency under candidateRixi Moncada, placing third. It also placed third in the National Congress.
There are at least seven factions within Liberty and Refoundation.[14]
| No. | Image | Name (Birth-Death) | Term in office | Elections | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start term | End term | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Manuel Zelaya (born 1952) | 26 June 2011 | Incumbent | 14 years, 236 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 706,266 / 3,679,434 | |||||||
| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Xiomara Castro | 896,498 | 28.78% | Lost |
| 2017 | Salvador Nasralla (withPINU) | 1,360,442 | 41.42% | |
| 2021 | Xiomara Castro | 1,716,793 | 51.12% | Elected |
| 2025 | Rixi Moncada | 706,266 | 19.19% | Lost |
| Election | Party leader | Votes marked | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | José Manuel Zelaya Rosales | 7,568,392 | 27.51% | 37 / 128 | Opposition | ||
| 2017 | 6,896,458 | - | 30 / 128 | Opposition | |||
| 2021 | 12,758,080 | 40.22% | 50 / 128 | Government | |||
| 2025 | 4,912,816 | 24.29% | 35 / 128 | TBD |
La opción que se identifica más con la izquierda, los herederos del movimiento que coqueteaba con el chavismo y que encabezó Manuel Zelaya hasta el golpe de Estado de 2009, está aglutinada en el partido Libertad y Refundación (Libre) en el que su esposa Xiomara Castro tienen más posibilidades que nadie de ser la candidata presidencial. Su principal propuesta es la transformación del país mediante una nueva Constitución.
El partido Libre, de izquierda, fundado en 2011, buscará por tercera vez la presidencia del país.