Movimiento al Socialismo (Honduras)

The Movement for Socialism (Spanish: Movimiento al Socialismo, abbreviated MAS) was a political movement in Honduras, active inside the Christian Democratic Party of Honduras (PDCH).[1][2][3]}

Movement for Socialism
Movimiento al Socialismo
AbbreviationMAS
LeaderJosé Antonio Cruz Oliva
Efraín Díaz Arrivillaga
Rodolfo Sorto Romero
Rafael Alegría
Oswaldo Discua
Juan Ramón Dermit
Melba Reyes
FoundedMarch 1976
Dissolved1978
Succeeded byPASO
IdeologyChristian left
Socialism
National affiliationDC

History

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The split inside DC had begun to emerge in 1975.[2][1] MAS was constituted at the Sixth National Plenum of the party in March 1976.[1] MAS was founded by a younger generation within the PDCH, with leaders like José Antonio Cruz Oliva, Efraín Díaz Arrivillaga, Rodolfo Sorto Romero, Rafael Alegría, Oswaldo Discua, Juan Ramón Dermit, Melba Reyes and others.[3] Many of its leaders came from university-based organization.[1] Inside PDCH MAS confronted the "El Palo" faction for influence over the organization.[3]

MAS sought to replace the leaderships inside popular organizations linked to the Christian Democratic movement.[1] MAS activists founded the peasants organization Unión Nacional de Campesinos Auténticos de Honduras (UNCAH) in September 1977.[2]

The MAS tendency was expelled from the party at the Seventh National Plenum of the party.[1] Some MAS members, who had been expelled from PDCH, founded the Socialist Party (PASO) in November 1978.[2][4] The MAS split significantly weakened the PDCH.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Edgardo Antonio Rodríguez (2010). Los partidos minoritarios en Honduras. Editorial Elena. p. 220. ISBN 978-99926-47-86-8.
  2. ^ a b c d Mario Posas (1981). El movimiento campesino hondureño: una perspectiva general. Editorial Guaymuras. p. 19.
  3. ^ a b c Edgardo Antonio Rodríguez (2005). La izquierda hondureña en la década de los ochenta. Editorial Elena. p. 167. ISBN 978-99926-29-19-2.
  4. ^ Martiniano Lombraña (1989). Historia de las organizaciones campesinas de Honduras. M. Lombraña. p. 30.
  5. ^ Alcaraván. s.n. 1981. p. 5.