Overview
The colours of PUD are red and yellow. Red symbolizes the blood of the martyrs of the struggle and yellow symbolizes the new dawn of Honduras. The banner of PUD is yellow with the letter "UD" in red. The slogan of PUD is UD marca la differencia ("UD makes a difference").
PUD defines itself as a patriotic, democratic, popular and revolutionary party. The five pillars of PUD are Ethics, Democracy, Criticism, Proposal and Struggle.
The maximum authority of PUD is the National Assembly, which elects the Junta Directiva Nacional. In the departments of the country Department Assemblies are held, which each elects a Junta Directiva Departamental, and likewise on municipal level Municipal Assemblies are held which each elects a Junta Directa Municipal. Under the JDMs are the base units of the party, Colectivos de Base.
The current president of PUD is Matías Funes.
Within PUD there are two currents recognized by the National Election Tribunal, Pueblo Unido and Convergencia Popular.
The youth of PUD is called Juventud del Partido Unificación Democrática (JUD). JUD consists of three components, Fuerza Universitaria Revolucionaria (FUR), Federación Nacional de Estudiantes de Secundaria de Honduras (FENAESH) and a movement of Barrio youths.
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