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    declaration of independence of Puerto Rico occurred on September 23, 1868 in an event known as El Grito de Lares, where the first Puerto Rican flag was raised...
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    The Puerto Rican Independence Party (Spanish: Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño, PIP) is a social-democratic political party in Puerto Rico that...
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    (1898-1956) Politics of Puerto Rico Political party strength in Puerto Rico Elections in Puerto Rico Puerto Rican Independence Movement Bolivar Pagan also...
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  • and the New Puerto Rican Independence Movement (NMIP). The two groups that formed the MINH were organizational descendants of the Puerto Rican Socialist...
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    José de Diego (category Puerto Rican independence activists)
    to by his peers as "The Father of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement". De Diego was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. He was the son of Felipe de Diego...
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    The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party insurgency was a series of coordinated insurrections for the secession of Puerto Rico led by the president of the Puerto...
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    Puerto Rican flag, to sing a patriotic tune, to speak or write of independence, or to meet with anyone or hold any assembly in favor of Puerto Rican independence...
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    Another argument by the independence movement is that the Macheteros are continuing the historical rebellion that Puerto Ricans such as Pedro Albizu Campos...
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    Pedro Albizu Campos (category Imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activists)
    – April 21, 1965) was a Puerto Rican attorney and politician, and a leading figure in the Puerto Rican independence movement. He was the president and...
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    people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico (Borinquen) and people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican descent. The...
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    Tío, Puerto Rican poet, pro-independence leader, and committee member, who spent her later life exiled in liberated Cuba. Members of the Puerto Rican revolutionary...
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    Attempted assassination of Harry S. Truman (category Political history of Puerto Rico)
    On November 1, 1950, Puerto Rican pro-independence activists Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola attempted to assassinate President Harry S. Truman at...
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    Leaders of this independence movement included Ramón Emeterio Betances, considered the Father of the Puerto Rican independence movement, and other political...
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    Ramón Emeterio Betances (category Puerto Rican independence activists)
    the father of the Puerto Rican independence movement. Since the Grito galvanized a burgeoning nationalist movement among Puerto Ricans, Betances is also...
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    century, Puerto Ricans residing in the United States fought in the American Civil War. In the 1800s, the quest for Latin American independence from Spain...
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    Lola Rodríguez de Tió (category Puerto Rican independence activists)
    Articles related to the Puerto Rican Independence Movement Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Ponce massacre...
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    María de las Mercedes Barbudo (category Imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activists)
    Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island, and a "Freedom Fighter". At the time, the Puerto Rican independence movement...
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  • Liberation, FALN) was a Puerto Rican clandestine paramilitary organization that, through direct action, advocated independence for Puerto Rico. It carried out...
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    Olga Viscal Garriga (category Imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activists)
    Articles related to the Puerto Rican Independence Movement Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Ponce massacre...
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    amendment to the Puerto Rican constitution. Each time, the results favored retaining the current status over the possible independence of Puerto Rico and statehood...
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    Lolita Lebrón (category Imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activists)
    Lolita Lebrón (November 19, 1919 – August 1, 2010) was a Puerto Rican nationalist who was convicted of aggravated assault and other crimes after carrying...
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    The Puerto Rican Socialist Party (Spanish: Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño, PSPR) was a Marxist[citation needed] and pro-independence political party...
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    Orlando, Florida) is a Puerto Rican musician and singer. Brown's father was an American naval officer and his mother a native of Puerto Rico. Brown was raised...
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    Puerto Rican literature is the body of literature produced by writers of Puerto Rican descent. It evolved from the art of oral storytelling. Written works...
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    Mariana Bracetti (category Imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activists)
    Articles related to the Puerto Rican Independence Movement Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Ponce massacre...
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  • initiative of the Socialist Workers' Movement (MST) joining with the Political Formation Workshop and the Puerto Rican Workers Party-Macheteros. In 2005...
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  • Democratic Party (PRD) and the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP). [citation needed] In the words of President Torrijos, "Puerto Rico is to this day the only...
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    the flags of Puerto Rico. These flags represent and symbolize Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican people. The most commonly used flags of Puerto Rico are the...
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  • the 1970s the office agreed to represent Puerto Rican defendants who were part of the independence movement: Oscar Collazo, Andrés Figueroa Cordero, Irvin...
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    Blanca Canales (category Imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activists)
    1906 – July 25, 1996) was an educator and a Puerto Rican Nationalist. Canales joined the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party in 1931 and helped organize...
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