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Movimiento Nacional Revolucionario
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] |
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] |
Political Party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a major part of the politics of almost every country, as modern party organizations developed and spread around the world over the last few centuries. It is extremely rare for a country to have Non-partisan democracy, no political parties. Some countries have Single-party state, only one political party while others have Multi-party system, several. Parties are important in the politics of autocracies as well as democracies, though usually democracies have more political parties than autocracies. Autocracies often have a single party that governs the country, and some political scientists consider competition between two or more parties to be an essential part of democracy. Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Party Of Honduras
The National Party of Honduras (PNH; es, Partido Nacional de Honduras) is a conservative political party in Honduras founded on 27 February 1902, by Manuel Bonilla Chirinos. Historically it has been one of the two most influential parties in the country. The party's platform is based on Christian humanist doctrine, and its five main principles are common wealth, dignity of the human person, equality, solidarity and subsidiarity. Since the foundation of the National Party, Honduras has had 13 PNH presidents. Manuel Bonilla was the first (1903–1907), and the most recent is the president, Juan Orlando Hernández who served from 2014 to 2022. The party was the ruling directive of the National Congress from 2009 to 2022 and currently holds the most of the country's municipalities. History The ideology of the party can be traced back to national hero José Trinidad Cabañas's principles and thinking. Cabañas believed in a strong sense of patriotism, and that national interest wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tiburcio Carías Andino (5 March 1876 – 23 December 1969) was a Honduran politician and military officer with the rank of Major General. Thirty-eighth president of the Republic of Honduras, constitutional period from 1924 and thereafter in the form of a dictatorial regime for 1933 until 1949. He was elected president of Honduras in the midst of a deep world depression. He strengthened the Armed Forces, maintained the support of the banana companies by opposing strikes, and kept the country in strict adherence to debt payments. Biography Early life Tiburcio Carias Andino was born in the Republic of Honduras on March 15, 1876. His parents were Calixto Carias Galindo and Sara Francisca Andino Rivera. During his childhood Tiburcio Carias Andino is appointed Director of the Boys' School, and professor at the “El Porvenir” institute, where he taught Mathematics classes. After graduating from high school he studied criminal law in the faculty of jurisprudence and political s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Williams Calderón
Abraham Williams Calderón (born 1894, died in 1986) was Honduran politician. He was known as Vice President of Honduras during the administration of Tiburcio Carías Andino and president of the National Congress of Honduras, and presidential candidate of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement in the 1954 elections. Williams Calderón was born on 16 March 1894, in Choluteca. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1919, and Union College in Schenectady, New York in 1921, from which he obtained his engineering degree. After returning to Honduras, he joined National Party of Honduras, and was later appointed as governor of Choluteca Department between 1924 during the administration of Miguel Paz Barahona. He also held other political offices during Paz Barahona administration. In 1929 he was elected deputy in the National Congress of Honduras and on 14 December 1932 he was elected President of the National Congress. In the 1932 presidential elections, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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 Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
