Socialist Party of Honduras

The Socialist Party of Honduras (Spanish: Partido Socialista, abbreviated PASO) was a small left-wing political party in Honduras. PASO was founded in November 1978.[1]

The bulk its founders hailed from the Movement for Socialism (MAS) tendency, expelled from the Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (PDCH).[1][2][3] Some of its founders had been members of the Communist Party of Honduras (PCH) or the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Honduras (PCMLH).[3] The formation of the new party was publicly announced in December 1978.[3] PASO sought to establish a popular-democratic state.[3]

Marco Virgilio Carías, professor at the Faculty of Economics at UNAH in Tegucigalpa, was the chairman of PASO.[4][5][6] Another PASO leader was Rogelio Martínez Reina.[7] The Propaganda Commission of PASO published the organ Bandera Socialista ('Socialist Banner').[8]

PASO was active within the Honduran Patriotic Front (FPH).[9] The party tried to get itself registered with the National Electoral Tribunal in 1980. In April 1980 some of its leaders were arrested, accused of involvement in the kidnapping of a Texaco official (the action had been claimed by the PRTC).[3] At a press conference on April 24, 1980 Carías denied any involvement in the kidnapping.[6] Along with the FPH, PASO called for a boycott of the 1980 elections.[10]

Carías sought to run as a candidate for parliament in the 1981 general election. However, he was unable to register himself as candidate as he was kidnapped in September 1981. Moreover, the other FPH organizations didn't back up his candidacy and he was thus unable to gather the necessary signatures to formalize his candidature.[11]

The party dissolved itself in 1983.[12]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mario Posas (1981). El movimiento campesino hondureño: una perspectiva general. Editorial Guaymuras. p. 19.
  2. ↑ Martiniano Lombraña (1989). Historia de las organizaciones campesinas de Honduras. M. Lombraña. p. 30.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Boletín. L'Agence. 1980. p. 280.
  4. ↑ Marvin Barahona (2005). Honduras en el siglo XX: una síntesis histórica. Editorial Guaymuras. p. 234. ISBN 978-99926-33-36-6.
  5. ↑ Will G. Ochoa (1981*). Estudios sociales: Honduras en mapas : 1er. Curso Ciclo Común Es-101 y Es-102. p. 147. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Los hechos hablan por sí mismos: informe preliminar sobre los desaparecidos en Honduras 1980-1993. Editorial Guaymuras. 2002. p. 34. ISBN 978-99926-28-07-2.
  7. ↑ 1991 32nd (1 August 1991). EUROPA WORLD YRBK 1991 2V. Taylor & Francis. p. 1286.
  8. ↑ Boletín del Sistema Bibliotecario de la UNAH. Sistema Bibliotecario de la UNAH. 1982. p. 12.
  9. ↑ Mario Posas (1989). Modalidades del proceso de democratización en Honduras. Fundacion Friedrich Ebert. p. 70.
  10. ↑ NACLA Report on the Americas. North American Congress on Latin America. 1981. p. 33.
  11. ↑ Mario Posas (1989). Modalidades del proceso de democratización en Honduras. Fundacion Friedrich Ebert. pp. 79–80.
  12. ↑ Pensamiento hondureño. Imprenta Calderón. 1986. p. 82.