The Innovation and Unity Party—Social Democracy ( es, Partido Innovación y Unidad Social Demócrata, PINU-SD) is a
social democratic
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political party in
Honduras
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, established in 1970. PINU was created by
Miguel Andonie Fernández
Miguel Andonie Fernández (30 October 1921 in Gualala, Santa Bárbara – 30 November 2013) was a Honduran chemist, pharmacologist, academic, politician and businessman of paternal Palestinian origin. He was associated with the Colegio de Químic ...
as a democratic, moderate left-wing alternative to the two major parties and the military regime.
2001 elections
At
Congressional
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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
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elections,
Carlos Sosa Coello
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won 1.0%.
2009 elections
PINU's candidate in the
2009 presidential election
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was
Bernard Martínez Valerio
Bernard Martínez Valerio (born 19 January 1962) is trade union and Garifuna leader who was a candidate for the Innovation and Unity Party (PINU) in the Honduran 2009 presidential election. He was formerly a member of the Honduran Patriotic Front ...
.
See also
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Politics of Honduras
References
External links
Official website
1970 establishments in Honduras
Organizations based in Tegucigalpa
Political parties established in 1970
Political parties in Honduras
Social democratic parties
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