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The New Progressive Party (Spanish: Partido Nuevo Progresista, PNP) is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates for statehood. [3] [4] The PNP is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political strength and currently holds the seat of the governor.
The New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico was founded in 1967. Since then, the party has been led by 12 different presidents in 16 terms of leadership. Every president of the political party has held a position in the Puerto Rican government. The first party president was Luis A. Ferré, who served from 1967 to 1974.
The political party strength in Puerto Rico has been held by different political parties in the history of Puerto Rico. Today, that strength is primarily held by two parties , namely: The New Progressive Party (PNP in Spanish) which holds about 39% of the popular vote while advocating for Puerto Rico to become a state of the United States
The winner will replace Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, who was defeated by González in an upset in a primary election that was held in June by their New Progressive Party. In the race to become Puerto Rico’s new representative in U.S. Congress, Pablo José Hernández of the Popular Democratic Party was leading. He obtained 46% of the vote compared ...
Over the past seven decades, Puerto Rico has been governed by the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, currently in office held by Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, or by the Popular Democratic Party, which ...
Charlie Rodríguez, president of the Puerto Rico Democratic Party and a member of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party, referred to the island as “the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the next ...
The 2020 New Progressive Party primaries was the primary elections by which voters of the New Progressive Party (PNP) chose its nominees for various political offices of Puerto Rico for 2020. The primaries, originally scheduled for June 2020, were delayed until August 9, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Within Puerto Rico, the island’s political status forms a primary political fault line: while the New Progressive Party (Partido Nuevo Progresista) focuses on Puerto Rico becoming a U.S. state ...