Democratic Unification Party
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Democratic Unification Party
Partido Unificación Democrática |
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| Founded | September 29, 1992 |
| Headquarters | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| Youth wing | Juventud del Partido Unificación Democrática |
| Ideology | Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | Foro de São Paulo |
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The Democratic Unification Party (in Spanish: Partido Unificación Democrática) (PUD) is a left-wing political party in Honduras. PUD was founded on 29 September 1992 by the merger of four leftist clandestine or semiclandestine political parties, in the context of the changed political situation in Central America at that period, following the end of the Cold War. The PUD was legally recognised in 1993/4 and has fought various elections since 1997, gaining around 1-3% of the vote.
PUD was founded on 29 September 1992, by the merger of four leftist clandestine or semiclandestine political parties, namely Partido para la transformación de Honduras (PTH), Partido Revolucionario Hondureño (PRH), Partido Morazanísta de Liberación Nacional (PMLN) and Partido Renovación Patriótica (PRP). The background of the formation of PUD was the changed political situation in Central America at that period, following the end of the Cold War. Matías Funes was one of the founders of the party.
In Decree No. 189-93 of the National Congress (the Honduran parliament) of 1 October 1993, the state of Honduras legally recognised the PUD. That act was a follow-up of the Esquipulas Accords, by which the Central American governments agreed to give the revolutionary groups in the region possibilities to organize legally and participate in the political process.
Decree No. 92-94 of the National Election Tribunal of 28 January 1994, gave the PUD recognition as the fifth legally recognized political party in Honduras.
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