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Political Parties In Honduras
Honduras traditionally had a two-party system, dominated by the Liberal Party of Honduras and the National Party of Honduras. The parties Parliamentary parties Extraparliamentary parties * Innovation and Unity Party (''Partido Innovación y Unidad Social Demócrata'', PINU-SD) * We All Are Honduras Party (''Partido Todos Somos Honduras'', TSH) * Honduran Patriotic Alliance (''Partido Alianza Patriótica Hondureña'', Alianza Patriótica) Previous parties *Communist Party of Honduras (''Partido Comunista de Honduras'', PCH) *Honduran Revolutionary Party (''Partido Revolucionario Hondureño,'' PRH) *Morazanista National Liberation Party (''Partido Morazanista de Liberación Nacional,'' PMLN) * Party for the Transformation of Honduras (''Partido para la transformación de Honduras,'' PTH) *Patriotic Renewal Party (''Partido Renovación Patriótica,'' PRP) *Revolutionary Democratic Party of Honduras (''Partido Democratico Revolucionario de Honduras'', PDRH) *Revolutionary Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea. Its capital and largest city is Tegucigalpa. Honduras was home to several important Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya, before the Spanish Colonization in the sixteenth century. The Spanish introduced Catholicism and the now predominant Spanish language, along with numerous customs that have blended with the indigenous culture. Honduras became independent in 1821 and has since been a republic, although it has consistently endured much social strife and political instability, and remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. In 1960, the northern part of what was the Mosquito Coast was transferred from Nicara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democratic Party Of Honduras
The Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (Spanish: ''Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Honduras),'' known by the abbreviation DC, is a political party in Honduras. At the legislative elections, held on 25 November 2001, DC won 3.7% of the popular vote and 3 out of 128 seats in the National Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Marco Orlando Iriarte, won 1.0% of the vote. In the legislative elections of 27 November 2005, the party won 4 out of 128 seats in the Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of .... Its candidate at the presidential elections, Juan Ramón Martínez won 1.4%. DC's candidate in the 2009 presidential election was Felicito Ávila. The party supported the interim government of Roberto Micheletti which came to power in the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Party Of Honduras
The Socialist Party of Honduras ( es, Partido Socialista, abbreviated PASO) was a small left-wing political party in Honduras. PASO was founded in November 1978. Most of its founders hailed from the Movement for Socialism (MAS) tendency, expelled from the Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (PDCH). Some of its founders had been members of the Communist Party of Honduras (PCH) or the Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Honduras (PCMLH). The formation of the new party was publicly announced in December 1978. PASO sought to establish a popular-democratic state. Marco Virgilio Carías, professor at the Faculty of Economics at UNAH in Tegucigalpa, was the chairman of PASO. Another PASO leader was Rogelio Martínez Reina. The Propaganda Commission of PASO published the organ ''Bandera Socialista'' ('Socialist Banner'). PASO was active within the Honduran Patriotic Front (FPH). The party tried to get itself registered with the National Electoral Tribunal in 1980. In April 1980 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (Honduras)
The Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (''Movimiento Nacional Revolucionario'', MNR) was a Honduran political party. It was formed when moderate members of the National Party of Honduras (''Partido Nacional de Honduras'', PNH) split from the party after Tiburcio Carías Andino secured the PNH nomination for the 1954 Honduras presidential election. The MNR nominee for president that year was former vice president Abraham Williams Calderón; he received approximately 53,000 of 260,000 votes. See also *List of political parties in Honduras Honduras traditionally had a two-party system, dominated by the Liberal Party of Honduras and the National Party of Honduras. The parties Parliamentary parties Extraparliamentary parties * Innovation and Unity Party (''Partido Innovación ... References *Library of Congress Honduras country study Defunct political parties in Honduras {{Honduras-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolutionary Democratic Party Of Honduras
The Revolutionary Democratic Party of Honduras ( es, Partido Democratico Revolucionario de Honduras) was a political party in Honduras. It was formed by members of the short lived Partido Democratico Revolucionario (formed in 1946) and non-Marxist but left leaning members of the Honduran Liberal Party in San Pedro Sula in 1948. It was one of the prime supporters of the General Strike in 1954, and during the strike its more leftist members formed the Communist Party of Honduras Communist Party of Honduras ( es, Partido Comunista de Honduras) was a communist party in Honduras. PCH was refounded on October 10, 1954 by Ramos Dionisio Bejarano and Rigoberto Padilla Rush. It had its roots in the Honduran Revolutionary Democ ....Dario Euraque, ''Reinterpreting the Banana Republic: Region and State in Honduras, 1870-1972'', pp. 95-96. References Defunct political parties in Honduras Political parties established in 1948 {{Honduras-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patriotic Renewal Party
Partido Renovación Patriótica (Patriotic Renewal Party) is a leftist group in Honduras formed in 1990 as a re-groupment of various leftist tendencies, such as Fuerzas Populares Revolucionarias Lorenzo Zelaya 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 Revolut ..., people from the dissolved Partido Comunista de Honduras and a dissident faction of the social democracy. In 1992 PRP merged with three other groups to form Democratic Unification Party. Defunct political parties in Honduras Defunct socialist parties in North America {{Honduras-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party For The Transformation Of Honduras
The Party for the Transformation of Honduras (in Spanish: ''Partido para la Transformación de Honduras'') was a political party in Honduras. PTH was earlier known as ''Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista de Honduras'' (Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Honduras). PCMLH was founded in 1967 as a pro-Chinese break-away from Partido Comunista de Honduras Communist Party of Honduras ( es, Partido Comunista de Honduras) was a communist party in Honduras. PCH was refounded on October 10, 1954 by Ramos Dionisio Bejarano and Rigoberto Padilla Rush. It had its roots in the Honduran Revolutionary Democ .... PCMLH was an illegal party, working mainly in student and peasant movements. In 1992, PTH joined the Democratic Unification Party (UD). PTH does however, as the only one of the four founders of UD, maintained a separate party structure within UD. PTH was active within the tendency ''Convergencia Popular''. Political parties established in 1967 Communist parties in Hond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morazanista National Liberation Party
Partido Morazanista de Liberación Nacional was a leftist party in Honduras. PMLN was earlier known as ''Frente Morazanista para la Liberación de Honduras''. FMLH had been formed as a break-away of PCMLH. FMLH was a clandestine politico-military organization. FMLH was, however, mainly based in exile in neighbouring Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou .... According to one source, FMLH had 300 fighters at its peak. In 1992 PMLN joined with three other groups to form the Democratic Unification Party. Defunct political parties in Honduras Defunct socialist parties in North America Political parties disestablished in 1992 1992 disestablishments in Honduras {{Honduras-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honduran Revolutionary Party
Honduran Revolutionary Party (''Partido Revolucionario Hondureño'') was a small clandestine leftist party in Honduras, which was formed in 1961 by former members of the Communist Party of Honduras who sought a more "scientifically Marxist" platform. PRH was active in the peasants' movement. In 1993, the PRH merged with three other groups to form the Democratic Unification Party The Democratic Unification Party ( es, Partido Unificación Democrática; PUD) is a centre-left political party in Honduras. PUD was founded on 29 September 1992 by the merger of four leftist clandestine or semiclandestine political parties, in th .... References Defunct political parties in Honduras Marxist parties in Honduras {{Honduras-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Honduras
Communist Party of Honduras ( es, Partido Comunista de Honduras) was a communist party in Honduras. PCH was refounded on October 10, 1954 by Ramos Dionisio Bejarano and Rigoberto Padilla Rush. It had its roots in the Honduran Revolutionary Democratic Party. From the beginning, he maintained a strong presence in the workers union movement, especially the banana movement against the UFCO activities in Honduras. History 1928-1932 The first Communist Party of Honduras was founded in 1928 by Manuel Calix Herrera and Juan Pablo Wainwright Nuila, who had attempted to found a Socialist Party of Honduras a year earlier. The first Plenum of the Communist Party of Honduras was held in the house of Juan Pablo Wainwright in 1930. 1931 elections The Communist Party of Honduras would participate in the presidential elections of which Tiburcio Carías Andino would be the winner. The first Communist Party of Honduras was dissolved with the execution of Juan Pablo Wainwright, in 1932, by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honduran Patriotic Alliance
The Honduran Patriotic Alliance ( es, Alianza Patriótica Hondureña) is a centre-right political party in Honduras. Romeo Vásquez Velásquez was the party's candidate in the 2013 Honduran general election General elections were held in Honduras on 24 November 2013. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President, the 128 members of the National Congress, 298 Mayors and vice-mayors and their respective councilors and 20 representatives to the Ce .... References 2012 establishments in Honduras Political parties established in 2012 Political parties in Honduras National conservative parties Conservatism in Honduras {{Honduras-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innovation And Unity Party
The Innovation and Unity Party—Social Democracy ( es, Partido Innovación y Unidad Social Demócrata, PINU-SD) is a social democratic political party in Honduras, established in 1970. PINU was created by Miguel Andonie Fernández as a democratic, moderate left-wing alternative to the two major parties and the military regime. 2001 elections At Congressional elections held 25 November 2001, PINU won 4 seats in the 128-member assembly. In the presidential contest the same day, Olban Valladares placed third in a five-man field, taking about 1.5% of the vote. This was Valladares' third attempt at the presidency, after participating in the 1993 and 1997 elections. 2005 elections In the legislative elections of 27 November 2005, the party won 2 out of 128 seats in the Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Carlos Sosa Coello won 1.0%. 2009 elections PINU's candidate in the 2009 presidential election was Bernard Martínez Valerio. See also *Politics of Hondura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
