Liberal Party of Honduras
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Honduras to vote for new president amid coup crisis...28 coup. In an October poll by CID-Gallup, Lobo was 16 points ahead of his closest rival, Elvin Santos from Zelaya and Micheletti's Liberal Party. A wealthy landowner who lost the 2005 election to Zelaya, Lobo is seen backing... In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, Honduras, Supreme Court, Washington, United States, Latin America, and Tegucigalpa |
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Reuters | 1 day ago
SCENARIOS-Road ahead for deposed Honduran President Zelaya
Zelaya cannot run for a second term as president, but he could try to groom a political heir or set out to take control of the fractured Liberal Party. Although Zelaya, a wealthy rancher, does not hail from the traditional left, his ouster...
In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, Honduras, United States, and Liberal Party
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PENPIX: Presidential hopefuls aim to lead coup-hit Honduras
...and eventually moved his offices out of the presidential palace. He resigned to enter the campaign, beating Micheletti to win the Liberal Party's nomination. * Santos is running on a platform of social spending and education but shied...
In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Honduras, Roberto Micheletti, Cattle, National Party, Liberal Party, Liberal Party, and Liberal Party
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PENPIX: Honduras' two presidents: one ousted, one de facto
...caused a political uproar and it was dropped when soldiers were sent to the legislature to restore order. * A member of Zelaya's Liberal Party, Micheletti was sworn in as the interim president the day of the coup. He maintains Zelaya's...
In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti, Honduras, Liberal Party, Supreme Court, Hugo Chavez, and Tegucigalpa
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AP Online | 3 days ago
Honduras vote to sideline president, enshrine coup
...serve only to legitimize this coup." The two leading contenders - Porfirio Lobo of the National Party and Elvin Santos of Zelaya's own Liberal Party - fought against Zelaya's campaign to change the constitution, fearing he planned to follow...
In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Honduras, United States, Roberto Micheletti, Barack Obama, Liberal Party, and Latin America
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Honduras election sets return to business as usual
...stronghold. Presidential front-runner Lobo, who lost to Zelaya in 2005, is campaigning on a return to normalcy and blames Zelaya's Liberal Party for thrusting the country into international turmoil. His main opponent is the Liberal Party's...
In this article: Manuel Zelaya, Honduras, Hugo Chavez, Liberal Party, Central America, and Tegucigalpa
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The Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras) is a liberal party in Honduras that was founded in 1891. The party is a member of Liberal International. The PLH is identified with the color red while its principal rival, the National Party of Honduras (PNH), is blue.
All the democratic elections in Honduras have been between the PLH and the PNH. The PLH won the closely contested 2005 presidential race, but at the moment the PNH has a majority in the National Congress due to an alliance with the Christian Democrats (Democracia Cristiana).
At the legislative elections, held on 25 November 2001, the party won 40.8% of the popular vote and 55 out of 128 seats in Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections, Rafael Pineda Ponce won 44.3%, but was defeated by Ricardo Maduro of the National Party of Honduras.
The Liberal Party's candidate in the presidential election of November 27, 2005 was Manuel Zelaya, pitted against the PNH's Porfirio Pepe Lobo. Zelaya won, restoring the PLH as the presidential party on January 27, 2006.
In the legislative elections of 27 November 2005, the party won 62 out of 128 seats in the Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections, José Manuel Zelaya Rosales won 49.9% and was elected president.
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