National Liberal Party of Cuba
Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox Political party The National Liberal Party of Cuba (Template:Langx, PLNC) was a political party of Cuba, founded in 2004 and dissolved in 2014.
History
The party was founded under the name Cuban Liberal Movement (Template:Langx) in 2004. It changed its name to PLNC in 2007.<ref name="Cubanet">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Party members were often intimidated, arrested, or imprisoned by political police.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
On February 20, 2014, it merged with the Democratic Solidarity Party, adopting the name Cuban Liberal Solidarity Party (Template:Langx, PSLC).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Ideology
The National Liberal Party of Cuba was a party of liberal ideology, since it defended postulates like nonintervention of the state and absolute economic freedom. The PLNC struggled to end Cuba's socialist system and respect for human rights. It was open to engaging in a dialogue with all pro-democratic forces in Cuba, especially those of liberal descent.<ref name="Cubanet"/>
See also
- List of political parties in Cuba
- Liberalism
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberalism by country
- Liberal democracy
- Liberalism in Cuba
References
- Defunct political parties in Cuba
- Liberal parties in Cuba
- Cuban democracy movements
- Cuban nationalism
- National liberal parties
- Political parties established in 2004
- Political parties disestablished in 2014
- 2004 establishments in Cuba
- 2014 disestablishments in Cuba
- Neoliberal parties
- Full member parties of the Liberal International