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What is the current government in Honduras?
Constitutional republic
Presidential Republic
Honduras/Government
Is Honduras a republic or democracy?
A republic since 1821, Honduras has a history of political instability and rule by the military. However, a democratic transition has been underway since 1980, when elections were held for a constituent assembly that subsequently produced Honduras’s current constitution.
How many political parties are in Honduras?
Honduras has six registered political parties: Liberal Party of Honduras (Partido Liberal de Honduras—PLH), founded 1891. National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras—PNH), founded 1918.
What are the names of the political parties in Honduras?
An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Honduras. Honduras has six registered political parties: Liberal Party of Honduras ( Partido Liberal de Honduras—PLH ), founded 1891. National Party of Honduras ( Partido Nacional de Honduras—PNH ), founded 1918. Dominated Honduran politics from 1933-1957.
What kind of power does the government of Honduras have?
Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the National Congress of Honduras. The party system is dominated by the conservative National Party of Honduras and the Liberal Party of Honduras. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
What are the major political issues in Honduras?
A major political issues in Honduras since about 1990 has been the high level of violent crime associated with the maras (Spanish for gangs, predominantly of young people), and drug trafficking organizations involved in the transport of cocaine from South America to the United States.
When did Honduras return to a civilian government?
Since the country returned to civilian rule in 1982, the military has not disrupted the constitutional order by usurping power as it did in 1956, 1963, and 1972, and it no longer appears to favor one party over the other as it did with the PNH for many years. There appear to be few ideological differences between the two traditional parties.