Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
María de las Mercedes Barbudo (1773 – February 17, 1849) was a Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island, and a "Freedom Fighter". [2] [3] At the time, the Puerto Rican independence movement had ties with the Venezuelan rebels led by Simón Bolívar.
The Puerto Rican independence movement took new measures after the Free Associate State was authorized. On October 30, 1950, with the new autonomist Commonwealth status about to go into effect, multiple Nationalist uprisings occurred, in an effort to focus world attention on the Movement's dissatisfaction with the new commonwealth status.
This was accompanied by a series of actions where he supported the collaboration of the liberal wing of the PPD and factions of the independence movement, the first of them being Marcha del Idioma Español (lit. "March for the Spanish Language") which opposed Pedro Rosselló's proposal to adopt English as an official language. [11]
Flag of Puerto Rico. The political movement for Puerto Rican Independence (Lucha por la Independencia Puertorriqueña) has existed since the mid-19th century and has advocated independence of the island of Puerto Rico, in varying degrees, from Spain (in the 19th century) or the United States (from 1898 to the present day).
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The soberanistas were not satisfied with the report since, despite the document recommending "that at the time of any transition to a freely associated state, all Puerto Rican U.S. citizens retain their U.S. citizenship", the affirmation that "Free Association is a type of independence" directly contradicted UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 ...
Juan Dalmau, the Puerto Rican Independence Party's gubernatorial nominee, would be the first governor since the U.S. started allowing Puerto Rico to hold free gubernatorial elections in 1948 to ...
Frustration and hopelessness across the Puerto Rican electorate first began to become evident in 2016, when a record-low voter turnout of 55% was reported, an unusual milestone for an island known ...