Is Libre left wing or right wing?

On economic organisation Libre scores −05 on a scale from −10 (common ownership) to +10 (private property and markets). On social and cultural order it scores −01. A single left–right figure combines these and four further measurements that move independently, which is why the atlas reports six.

Is Libre authoritarian?

On the organisation of power, which measures whether authority is dispersed among institutions that can stop each other or concentrated in a single centre, Libre scores +04. Constitutional democracy with recurring disputes over judicial appointment and the special economic zone regime.

Atlas / Organisations / Libre

Libre

Honduran left · 2011– · Honduras · Left Populist · Electoral party · coding confidence low

−05ECcollective

−01CUpluralist

+04AUmonist

+04SCcentral

+02IDascriptive

00CHbalanced

Each axis runs from −10 to +10, with zero a genuine mixed or balanced position rather than an absence of opinion. A score describes a stated position and a governing record; it is not a judgement of merit. What each score means →

Core principles

Founded after the 2009 coup that removed its leader, and returned to power by election in 2021.

Economic model

Electricity subsidies, minimum wage rises, renegotiation of special economic zones granted to foreign investors.

Organisation of powers

Constitutional democracy with recurring disputes over judicial appointment and the special economic zone regime.

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The evidence for every score

All six cells are sourced. A rationale explains what the score is measuring and each artefact is something a third party can check without taking anyone's word for it.

EC · Economic organisation · scored −05

Coded −5: subsidies and wage rises after a decade of market-oriented government.

Documented act or statuteElectricity subsidies for low consumption households and a minimum wage rise were introduced from 2022.

CU · Social and cultural order · scored −01

Coded −1: economically left and socially conservative.

Documented act or statuteAbortion remains constitutionally prohibited; the ban was entrenched in 2021 before the party took office.

AU · Organisation of power · scored +04

Coded +4: constitutional government with recurring disputes over judicial appointment.

Documented act or statuteThe special economic zone regime granted to foreign investors was repealed in 2022, prompting investor arbitration.

SC · Scale of decision · scored +04

Coded +4: a unitary state with the special economic zones repealed.

Documented act or statuteThe ZEDE regime was repealed by unanimous congressional vote in 2022.

ID · Rule of membership · scored +02

Coded +2: civic citizenship with large-scale emigration.

Comparative datasetAround a million Hondurans live in the United States, and remittances exceed a quarter of GDP.

CH · Method and tempo · scored 00

Coded at zero: returned to office by election after a coup removed it in 2009.

Documented act or statuteThe 2009 removal was executed by the army and supreme court; the party returned by election in 2021.

Nearest organisations by measured distance

Straight-line separation across all six axes, out of a maximum of 49.0. Proximity means similarity of stated position, not endorsement and not resemblance in outcome.

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Scores are revised on evidence, so a citation should carry the version it refers to. Version 4.3.1 is current; the revision log records every change.

McGrath, K. (2026). Libre. The Political Atlas, version 4.2. https://thepoliticalatlas.com/organisations/libre/ (accessed 2026-08-01).

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