Liberty and Refoundation ( es, Libertad y Refundación, Libre; ''libre'' is the Spanish word for "free") is a

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. Libre was founded in 2011 by the

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(FNRP), a leftist coalition of organizations opposed to the 2009 coup.

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, the wife of former president

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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

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's 34 percent. Castro has stated that if she won the 2021 presidential election, she would promote

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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. Additionally, it is strongly opposed to

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and the

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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

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to become the first female president of Honduras.

Factions

There are at least five factions within Liberty and Refoundation. *28 June Movement (''Movimiento 28 de junio'') *People's Resistance Movement (''Movimiento Resistencia Popular'', MRP) *Organized People in Resistance (''Pueblo Organizado en Resistencia'', POR) *People's Refoundation Force (''Fuerza de Refundación Popular'', FRP) *5 July Movement (''Movimiento 5 de julio'')

List of political leaders

Electoral history

Presidential elections

National Congress

References