Liberty and Refoundation

History

Xiomara Castro, the wife of former president Manuel Zelaya, 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 Juan Orlando Hernández's 34 percent.

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 free market capitalism and the neo-liberal economic model, and maintains a long-term goal of "establishing an alternative economic system."

On 28 November 2021, Castro, presidential candidate of Liberty and Refoundation, won 53% of the votes in the presidential election to become the first female president of Honduras. Castro stated during the campaign that she would promote democratic socialism and ask the National Congress to draft a new constitution. It also won 50 seats in the National Congress.

In the 2025 Honduran general election, the party lost the presidency under candidate Rixi Moncada, placing third. It also placed third in the National Congress.

Factions

There are at least seven factions within Liberty and Refoundation.

• 28 June Movement (Movimiento 28 de junio)/ M28 since 2017
• People's Resistance Movement (Movimiento Resistencia Popular, MRP) /Renewal and New Alternatives Movement (Movimiento Renovación Nuevas Alternativas, MORENA) since 2025
• 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)
• We are + (Somos+)
• New Movemment (Nueva Corriente)

List of political leaders

Electoral history

Presidential elections

National Congress

References

References

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2. Paley, Dawn. (10 December 2013). "In Honduras Election, the People's Will Is Hushed but Not Silenced".
3. Nery Chaves García. (8 November 2019). "Honduras y un progresismo que no despega".
4. "Libre propone conducir a Honduras al socialismo y derogar la constitución".
5. Corona, Tania. "Libre insiste en una nueva Constitución".
6. Frank, Dana. (22 May 2012). "Honduras: Which Side Is the US On?".
7. García, Jacobo. (March 15, 2021). "El triste panorama electoral de Honduras".
8. (June 13, 2021). "Once partidos hondureños minoritarios presentan a candidatos para elecciones".
9. (24 November 2013). "El oficialista Juan Orlando Hernández encabeza la elección de Honduras". [[CNN Mexico]].
10. Karen Spring. (21 October 2013). "Context of the Honduran Electoral Process 2012: Incomplete list of Killings and Armed Attacks Related to Political Campaigning in Honduras". Rights Action.
11. (1 December 2021). "Honduras elected its first female president, Xiomara Castro". NBC News.
12. (20 May 2012). "Movimientos de tres partidos políticos a la cacería de votos". La Tribuna.