#libre party

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Honduras prepares to celebrate inauguration of Xiomara Castro of the Libre Party

By John Parker

Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Jan. 26 — A delegation of activists representing organizations from various countries arrived in Tegucigalpa yesterday, at the invitation of the Libre Party, to celebrate with them the inauguration of President-elect Xiomara Castro, who is also a member of the Libre Party.

President Castro’s overwhelming victory follows the rapid deterioration of life for the people of Honduras after the 2009 coup that kidnapped and overthrew the elected government of self-described pro-socialist President Manuel Zelaya. That coup — with technical, logistical and monetary support from the U.S. — was led by two Honduran military officers who had trained at the Pentagon’s notorious “School of the Americas.”

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Honduras said enough and opened its doors to new hope

By Alejandra Garcia

Honduras went to the polls last Sunday amid a process of historic importance. People flocked to the polling stations, despite political violence and fears induced by the narco regime of outgoing President Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH).

Opposition candidate Xiomara Castro de Zelaya, from the Liberty and Refoundation Party (Libre), obtained more than 53 percent of the votes and was well ahead of pro-government Nasry Asfura, who got 34 percent of the ballots.

If the indicated trend is confirmed -which is most likely to happen-, the election result will mark the end of a twelve-year-long government marked by corruption, violence, insensitivity, and subservience to Washington.

[twitterexile]

Massive Turnout in Favor of Leftists in Honduras Repudiates US-Backed Coup

The Honduran people have overwhelmingly backed Xiomara Castro of the Libre Party after 12 years of National Party rule.

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

12 years after coup, Honduran resistance fights for fair election

By Lucy Pagoada-Quesada

Twelve years have passed since the fateful 2009 coup in Honduras by the oligarchy, private companies and the leaders of the Catholic and evangelical churches. We cannot and should never forget that the coup was supported by the U.S. government, at that time headed by Democratic President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

This crime against humanity is responsible for the deepening of the crisis and social, economic, and political chaos in which Honduras has found itself ever since.

[americanmysticom]

The move by the Subcoordinator General of the Libre Party, Esdras Amado López, to form his own party -- Nueva Ruta (New Route) -- and run for President o...

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/marco-caceres/libre-in-honduras-more-ho_b_5697558.html

On the surface, Libre appears to be an extremely inclusive, open, and tolerant organization. In reality, it is the opposite. Mr. López confirmed this last week when he talked about why he was leaving the party:

“The Libre Party is a very closed party due to the way it was founded. There are various forces with different ideologies, and I come from the private business sector. I am used to making decisions and not discussing them. Thus, I have to determine what is right for the country, and I am not willing to debate my ideas with a group of colleagues in Libre who have a different ideology, a different way of thinking. For example, if I talk to [President] Juan Orlando [Hernández}, the people within Libre get offended. If I talk to [President of the National Congress] Mauricio Oliva, they get offended. If I talk to Jorge Canahuati, the people within Libre get offended. If I talk to groups who hold power, the people within Libre get offended. So who should I talk to? With those who they want me to talk to? I am not an enemy of the business community in this country. I am a faithful believer in free enterprise, that the country has to walk on a path toward reconciliation.”

[the Libre Party is supposed to be one of the organizations who coordinated the migration of thousands strong mostly military age men who have violently torn down barriers in its march to violate the American border.

What do you think? Do you think it possible that George Soros , Hillary Clinton and/or Barack Hussein Obama II provided financing, conspiracy, and/or community organization with the Libre Party to potentiate a mass march to America to violate it’s laws and disrupt border integrity?]

[thomassobien]

According to Leo Gabriel, the European delegation had a heated internal debate about the preparation of its report

This  Tuesday Nov. 26, the European Union electoral observation mission (EU-EOM) presented a preliminary report on the Honduran elections to the national and international press. Despite demonstrating “serious signs of trafficking in [election worker] credentials and other irregularities” in addition to a “clear imbalance in the visibility of different [political] parties in the media” and “a lack of transparency in electoral campaign financing,” the mission gave high marks “in terms of voting transparency as well respect for the will of voters in the tabulation.”

 The report also confirmed that “the system used for the transmission of official tally sheets guaranteed all political parties a trustworthy mechanism for the verification of the results published by the TSE (Supreme Electoral Tribunal),” and congratulated electoral authorities for having achieved “greater transparency” than in previous elections.

These claims, which are at the core of the text issued by the EU-EOM, contrast with the strong statements condemning irregularities issued by the LIBRE (Liberty and Refoundation) and PAC (Anti-Corruption Party) parties who, together, make up nearly 50% of the votes counted. The candidates of the respective parties, Xiomara Castro and Salvador Nasralla, have not accepted the results published by the TSE and claim to have proof of fraud. With 88.32% of the official tally sheets counted, the TSE already declared that National Party candidate, Juan Orlando Hernández, “is the winner of the elections” with 36.55% of the vote. In second place [according to the TSE] is Xiomara Castro, with 28.84%.

Leo Gabriel, Austrian journalist and member of the EU-EOM, stated that the vast majority of the members of the mission were in strong disagreement with the preliminary report. According to him, the disagreements about what happened on November 24th provoked a heated internal debate. Nonetheless, political calculations and business interests prevailed and [the EU-EOM] preferred to close their eyes and ignore the obvious changes made to the results and the violation of the Honduran people’s will as expressed at the ballot box.

(Read the interview with election observer Leo Gabriel here)

[thomassobien]

Alleged Voting Irregularities Mar Honduran Elections

Published on Nov 26, 2013

Left leaning opposition Libre Party decries electoral fraud, refuses to recognize official results indicating win for ruling right wing National Party See more videos: http://therealnews.com

[thomassobien]

The tallying and transmission of voting results from the November 24 general elections continue, but so do widespread reports of fraud and intimidation throughout Honduras. Two political parties are not recognizing the results, announcing challenges in the courts and in the streets.

As of 5 p.m. on November 25, ruling National Party presidential candidate Juan Orlando Hernández remains in the lead with 38 percent of votes, according to the results processed by the electoral tribunal from 60 percent of polling stations. Xiomara Castro, the candidate for the upstart Libre party trails with 29 percent. Hernandez and Castro both declared victory on November 24, when less than half of the polling stations’ results had been processed.

The Libre Party emerged this year as a new contender, growing out of the resistance movement to the June 2009 coup that ousted Castro’s husband Manuel Zelaya from the Presidency.

In a press conference on November 25, Libre party leader Manuel Zelaya announced that the party does not recognize the results, claiming that some 20 percent of polling station results that have been processed by the electoral tribunal are inconsistent with the results at the actual voting locations. Anti-Corruption Party presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla, officially in fourth place, has also denounced serious inconsistencies in reported results and vowed to initiate legal challenges.

“If necessary, we’ll take to the streets,” said Zelaya. In San Pedro Sula, the country’s second largest city, Libre and National Front of Popular Resistance activists called for supporters to gather in the central park.

Before issues were raised regarding the transmission of results, the electoral process had been rife with irregularities, intimidation and fraud, according to reports by national and international observers, some of whom were subject to harassment and intimidation.

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