The Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico, PNPR) is a Puerto Rican political party founded on September 17, 1922, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [2] Its primary goal is to work for Puerto Rico's independence.The Party's selection in 1930 of Pedro Albizu Campos as its president brought a radical change to the organization and its tactics.

The party also established branches in New York City, the site of the largest diasporic Puerto Rican community in the United States.Public support of the Nationalist Party was highest during the 1930s, when soaring unemployment, low pay, and increased poverty caused by the Depression heightened many Puerto Ricans’ disappointment with US rule.

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 Rican Nationalist Party, Don Pedro Albizu Campos, against the United States government's rule over the islands of Puerto Rico.The party repudiated the "Free Associated State" (Estado Libre Asociado) status that had been enacted in 1950 and ...

2020年5月21日 · Since its founding in 1922, the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party has combined its goal of ending US rule with a push to reintegrate with sister republics throughout Latin America, and Latin American countries have often responded in kind. Despite undergoing many changes over the past hundred years, today's movement remains broad and inclusive rather than restrictive and reactionary, writes ...

PUERTO RICAN NATIONALIST UPRISING. On October 30, 1950, in a dramatic but doomed attempt to free Puerto Rico from U.S. colonial control, the National­ ist Party of Puerto Rico carried out armed insurrections in major towns and cities throughout the island. Under the leadership of the Harvard-educated attorney Pedro

The Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico was founded on September 17, 1922, in opposition to the American presence on the island. It was greatly strengthened beginning in 1930, under the presidency of Pedro Albizu Campos, who became very popular among Puerto Ricans. Initially opting for tactics of non-cooperation, the Nationalist Party quickly ...

2024年4月20日 · The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party was first organized on September 17, 1922. Its main objective is to work for Puerto Rican Independence. Dr. Pedro Albizu CamposIn 1919, Jose Coll y Cuchi, a member of the Union Party of Puerto Rico, felt that the Party wasn't doing enough for the cause of Puerto Rico and he and some followers departed from the ...

Other articles where Nationalist Party is discussed: Puerto Rico: Political developments: The Nationalist Party arose in the 1920s and argued for immediate independence. Meanwhile, the pro-U.S. Socialist Party, led by the highly respected labour leader Santiago Iglesias, remained focused on the plight of Puerto Rico’s labouring classes, but its program had little support, because popular ...

Puerto Ricans virtually no longer have the option to fight for freedom from the US. The persecution of the Nationalist movement by the US and the Governor’s office in the twentieth century has led to the independence movement in Puerto Rico becoming irrelevant, resulting in most of the island voting for statehood. Although the Nationalist ...

2024年9月1日 · Margaret M. Power's fascinating new book situates the Puerto Rican independence movement in the history of anti-imperialism in Latin America. The early chapters explore the roots of the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico, founded by José Coll y Cuchí, a member of Puerto Rico's elite who was elected as the party's first president in 1922.