The Liberal Party of Honduras is a centrist liberal political party in Honduras that was founded in 1891. It is the oldest extant political party in the country;further,it is one of the two main parties that have,until recently,dominated Honduran politics. The party is a member of the Liberal International. The PLH is identified with the colours red and white,as the flag Francisco Morazán used in most of his military campaigns during time of the Central American Federal Republic.
The National Congress is the legislative branch of the government of Honduras.
The Christian Democratic Party of Honduras,known by the abbreviation DC,is a political party in Honduras. At the legislative elections,held on 25 November 2001,DC won 3.7% of the popular vote and three out of 128 seats in the National Congress. Its candidate at the presidential elections,Marco Orlando Iriarte,won 1.0% of the vote.
Jaime Rolando Rosenthal Oliva was a Honduran politician,and leader of one of Liberal Party of Honduras's (PLH) wings,and was a perennial candidate for President. On March 20,1974,he founded the Banco Continental. On October 7,2015,Rosenthal was labeled a "specially designated narcotics trafficker" under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.
Marlon Guillermo Lara Orellana is a Liberal Party politician from Honduras. He was Mayor of the City of Puerto Cortes and former Minister of the Government under the presidency of Manuel Zelaya. He served as the 2nd vice-president of the National Congress of Honduras(Jan. 25,2010- Jan. 21,2014).
Elvin Ernesto Santos Ordóñez is a Honduran politician who served as the vice president of Honduras from January 2006 to November 2008,when he resigned to stand as a Liberal Party candidate for the presidency in the 2009 elections. For the 2005 election the constitution was amended to create a single vice president. Although Santos served as vice president under the presidency of Manuel Zelaya,he distanced himself from Zelaya since there were conflicts between the two politicians. He was also against the fourth ballot box referendum that Zelaya promoted.
Atlético Gualala was a Honduran football club based in Gualala,Honduras.
Roberto Micheletti Baín is a Honduran politician who served as the interim president of Honduras from 28 June 2009 to 27 January 2010 as a result of the 2009 Honduran coup d'état. The Honduran military ousted the President,and the National Congress read a letter of resignation,which was refuted two minutes later by Manuel Zelaya in conversation with CNN en Español;days later,the coup-plotters claimed that the Supreme Court had ordered to forcefully detain President Manuel Zelaya because "he was violating the Honduran constitution";Zelaya was exiled rather than arrested. Micheletti,constitutionally next in line for the presidency,was sworn in as president by the National Congress a few hours after Zelaya was sent into exile by the Honduran military. He was not acknowledged as de jure president by any government or international organization. The 2009 general election took place as planned in November and elected Porfirio Lobo Sosa to succeed Micheletti.
General elections were held in Honduras on 29 November 2009,including presidential,parliamentary and local elections. Voters went to the polls to elect:
The history of the Jews in Honduras begins in the colonial period,during the proceedings of the Inquisition with the arrival of sephardic Jews to Honduran soil. As of April 2020,in Honduras there are 390 self identified Jews who have gained the Honduran residence. Honduran Jews are able to practice Judaism peacefully and are included in Honduran politics and culture. The Jewish community is primarily concentrated in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula,where there are synagogues. Honduras was one of the first countries to recognize the State of Israel,in 1948,and the Jewish community in Honduras has benefited greatly from Israeli aid.
The 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis was a political confrontation concerning the events that led to,included,and followed the 2009 Honduran coup d'état and the political breakdown associated with it. The coup was repudiated around the globe,but Roberto Micheletti,head of the government installed after the coup,has claimed that the Honduran Supreme Court ordered the detention of Manuel Zelaya,deposed President of Honduras,and that the following succession was constitutionally valid.
The 2009 Honduran coup d'état,which took place during the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis,occurred when the Honduran Army,following orders from the Honduran Supreme Court,ousted President Manuel Zelaya on 28 June 2009 and sent him into exile. Zelaya had attempted to schedule a non-binding poll to hold a referendum on convening a constituent assembly for writing a new constitution. Despite court orders to cease,Zelaya refused to comply,and the Honduran Supreme Court issued a secret arrest warrant dated 26 June. Two days later,Honduran soldiers stormed the president's house in the middle of the night,detained him,and thwarted the poll. Instead of putting him on trial,the army put him on a military plane and flew him to Costa Rica. Later that day,after reading a resignation letter of disputed authenticity,the Honduran Congress voted to remove Zelaya from office and appointed Head of Congress Roberto Micheletti,his constitutional successor,to complete his term. This was the first coup to occur in the country since 1978.
Rafael Pineda Ponce was a Honduran professor and politician in the Liberal Party of Honduras and President of the National Congress of Honduras from 1998 to 2002.
The Honduran fourth ballot box referendum was a planned non-binding referendum by Honduran president Manuel Zelaya to gauge public opinion on a second,binding referendum aimed at convening a constitutional assembly. The referendum would have run concurrently with the November 2009 presidential,congressional,and mayoral elections. Some Hondurans opposed the plan,including many politicians from the two largest parties. When Zelaya pushed ahead with plans for this referendum on whether to include a fourth ballot box,the Supreme Court issued a warrant for his arrest and the army expelled him from the country in a coup d'état on June 28,precipitating the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.
General elections were held in Honduras on 24 November 2013. Voters went to the polls to elect a new President,the 128 members of the National Congress,298 Mayors and vice-mayors and their respective councilors and 20 representatives to the Central American Parliament.
Ángel Darío Banegas Leiva is a Honduran political cartoonist,former reporter,television host and politician. He currently serves as deputy of the National Congress of Honduras representing the Liberal Party of Honduras for Cortés.
JoséAníbal Delgado Fiallos was a Honduran scholar,political analyst and politician.
The 2015–16 Honduran Liga Nacional season was the 50th Honduran Liga Nacional edition,since its establishment in 1965. For this season,the system format remained the same as the previous season. The tournament began on 31 July 2015 and ended on 22 May 2016.
Grupo Continental is a Honduran conglomeration of businesses founded in 1929 and owned by the Rosenthal family,headed by Jaime Rosenthal. In October 2015 the Grupo was accused of supporting drug trafficking and money laundering.
The Savior Party of Honduras,sometimes translated as the Savior of Honduras Party,is a populist political party in Honduras founded in 2020 by Salvador Nasralla,founder and member of the Anti-Corruption Party until 2017.
